Where Are the Republicans of Yesteryear?

Rebecca Gordon / TomDispatch Dec 5, 2019 Unlike the party of Richard Nixon, today's GOP will do anything—and throw its support behind anybody—to enhance its election prospects. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Obamacare Lawsuit? It’s the Money, Stupid

Bill Blum / Truthdig Feb 23, 2015 To see the big picture behind the latest legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act, follow the money.To see the big picture behind the latest Supreme Court challenge to the Affordable Care Act, follow the money. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Muslims’ War on Terror: Yes, They’re Condemning the Paris Attacks

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jan 10, 2015 When American commentators complain that Muslim authorities have not sufficiently denounced the terrorist attack on the Charlie Hebdo staff in Paris, they show a profound ignorance of the current situation in the Middle East. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Ben Bradlee

BLANK Oct 26, 2014 David Remnick recalled that the man who directed The Washington Post's reporting on Watergate and the Pentagon Papers "wasn’t Noam Chomsky He was not an outsider or a leftist" But "he built an institution He gave it its ambition". Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Hedges Is L.A. Press Club’s Journalist of the Year

Staff / Truthdig Jun 25, 2012 In awarding him the organization's top prize for online writers, the judges offered high praise for Hedges, calling him "Champion of the 99% -- mortal enemy of the 1%. This former war correspondent turns out weekly columns packed with insightful and biting opinion." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Richard Nixon’s Rosebud: Defrocked President Went Wild for Horses

Deanne Stillman / Truthdig Dec 15, 2011 Dec. 15 marks the 40th anniversary of the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act, a landmark piece of legislation signed into law by Richard Nixon. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Carl Bernstein: Hillary?s Politics From 1968 to 2008

Jon Wiener / Truthdig Jul 20, 2007 The Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter on Watergate has just published "A Woman in Charge," a biography of Hillary Clinton, for which he interviewed almost 100 of her friends and enemies. Carl Bernstein spoke recently with Truthdig's Jon Wiener about the first former first lady to make a bid for the presidency. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )