Conor Lynch / TruthdigJan 16, 2020
When it comes to class consciousness, most Americans are clueless, Democrats included. Sanders has made it the centerpiece of his campaign. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges / TruthdigJan 11, 2016
America’s refusal to fund and sustain its intellectual and cultural heritage has come with an enormous cost. We are now paying the bill. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
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Chris Hedges / TruthdigSep 7, 2015
If you are not dedicated to the destruction of empire and the dismantling of American militarism, then you cannot count yourself as a member of the left. It is not a side issue. It is the issue. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
By Henry A. Giroux, TruthoutMar 21, 2012
A group of right-wing extremists would have the American public believe it is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of a market society. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )
By Henry Giroux, TruthoutMar 15, 2012
Young people the world over demonstrating against economic injustice are met with state-sanctioned violence and insults in the mainstream media, rather than informed dialogue, critical engagement and reformed policies. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )
By Peter Dreier, TruthoutFeb 29, 2012
C. Wright Mills, the radical Columbia University sociologist who died 50 years ago at age 45, warned that America was becoming a nation of "cheerful robots," corrupted by an economic elite and heading toward a third world war. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )
Mr. Fish / TruthdigMay 27, 2011
Staring open-mouthed at 17 in my Buddy Holly glasses, chinstrap beard, espresso-stained insides, putrid Chuck Taylors and newsprint-smudged fingertips, I wondered what had happened to the world into which I was hoping to enter so well rehearsed.In post-1950s America, an average person’s concept of what might be the meaning of life was more likely than at any other time in history to draw on a wide range of source material. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
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