The Washington Post’s Troubling Endorsement for Maryland Governor

Justin Anderson / FAIR Oct 15, 2018 Republican Larry Hogan is promising Amazon billions. Is it any wonder he has the support of a Bezos-owned newspaper? Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Trump, Corporate Media Are Both Enemies of the People

Paul Street / Truthdig Aug 23, 2018 The mainstream media should be taken to task, but not for the same reasons the president uses in his attacks on the press. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Prominent Democrat Loses in N.Y. Primary; 3 Trump Picks Win GOP Contests

STEVE PEOPLES, DEEPTI HAJELA and MEG KINNARD / The Associated Press Jun 26, 2018 Democratic Rep. Joe Crowley of New York is toppled by a liberal activist, and in Republican primaries all three of the president's candidates advance. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Can the Age of Trump Spur Medicare for All?

By Ann Jones / TomDispatch Aug 5, 2017 "Trumpcare” resistance could begin with single-payer supporters like Ben Jealous, who is running for governor of Maryland. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Head of National Nurses United Encourages Bernie Sanders to Start a People’s Party

By Medea Benjamin Jun 13, 2017 The nurses in RoseAnn DeMoro's union are heavyweights in the progressive world. Can she get her organization to back a new party and leverage that to get other institutions on board? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Walking While Black: The Killing of Trayvon Martin

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Mar 22, 2012 On the rainy night of Sunday, Feb. 26, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin walked to a convenience store in Sanford, Fla. On his way home, with his Skittles and iced tea, the African-American teenager was shot and killed. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

George Clooney Cuffed at Sudanese Embassy Protest

Staff / Truthdig Mar 17, 2012 Can't say the guy doesn't have range. On Friday, George Clooney put his actor/director/good-time-guy persona aside to get serious about what he warned could become a catastrophe of global proportions, the crisis in Sudan, and he went so far as to get arrested in front of the Sudanese Embassy in Washington, D.C., to make his point. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Supreme Court Rejects Davis Appeal

Staff / Truthdig Sep 22, 2011 The Supreme Court has refused to stay the execution of Troy Davis. Davis was scheduled to be executed Wednesday night, but the Court delayed his lethal injection in order to consider the case. Davis' execution is now expected at any moment. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Racism Reconsidered

Marcia Alesan Dawkins / Truthdig Jul 22, 2010 In Obama’s America, negative connotations of race are but a relic of the past. But does this mean that it’s now fair game to play the race card in ways that might have been considered politically incorrect before Obama’s election? Is it now fair game to play the race card in ways that might have been considered politically incorrect before Obama’s election? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )