A Nation at the Edge of Social Transformation

Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers / Popular Resistance Dec 30, 2017 There are several key opportunities to expand progressive movements into a powerful force that will overcome the stranglehold of our corporation-controlled political parties. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

What Change Sounds Like

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jan 20, 2015 The rumblings you are hearing from the right are the sounds of an old consensus in the process of disintegrating. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Jeb Bush’s Optimism School

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Apr 17, 2014 The Republican Party faces a long-term challenge in presidential elections because it is defining itself as a gloomy enclave, a collection of pessimists who fear what our country is becoming and where it is going. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Turkish Government Accused of Defying ‘International Human Rights’ in Its Fight Against Protesters

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Jan 22, 2014 Medics and human rights groups are calling out the Turkish government for intimidation against street protesters as new legislation criminalizes the use of urgent assistance. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Year Six of Hope and Change

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jan 21, 2014 It was a bittersweet briefing that told us exactly where the Obama administration finds itself at the dawn of its sixth year. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Manifesto and New Morality of the 9/11 Mastermind

Staff / Truthdig Jan 15, 2014 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, known as the mastermind of 9/11, has released a new manifesto and allegedly come into a new way of thinking and believing. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

How America Became a Third World Country: 2013-2023

By Mattea Kramer and Jo Comerford, TomDispatch May 22, 2013 The streets are much darker now, since money for streetlights is rarely available to municipal governments. The national parks began closing down years ago. Reports on bridges crumbling or even collapsing are commonplace. It’s 2023 -- and this is America 10 years after the first across-the-board federal budget cuts known as sequestration went into effect. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Too Soon to Tell: The Case for Hope, Continued

By Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch May 21, 2013 If you take the long view, you’ll see how startlingly, how unexpectedly but regularly things change. Not by magic, but by the incremental effect of countless acts of courage, love and commitment, the small drops that wear away stones and carve new landscapes, and sometimes by torrents of popular will that change the world suddenly. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

The Democratic National Convention Day 3: Recapping President Obama’s Speech

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Sep 7, 2012 President Obama invoked "hope" and "change" in his DNC speech, but not in the same way he did in 2008. Instead, he presented a more subdued and realistic view of what his second term in office would look like if he is re-elected in November while trying to show Americans they are better off today than they were four years ago. President Obama invoked "hope" and "change" in his speech, but not like he did in 2008. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama’s Re-Election Campaign Begins

Staff / Truthdig May 6, 2012 In an effort to improve upon the 2008 slogans of “Hope” and “Change,” the Obama campaign insisted before an Ohio audience Saturday that the president would take the country “Forward” if voters (and corporate sponsors) elected him to four more years in the White House. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Dials Down the Campaign Rhetoric

Staff / Truthdig Feb 22, 2012 The whole "hope" thing is a little much, and the "change" bit is played out, so however will Barack Obama spin his slogans for this presidential campaign as the embattled incumbent? Let's call it American Dream Lite, if you will. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

New Egyptian Cabinet Sworn In

Staff / Truthdig Jul 21, 2011 Egyptian military officials swore in a new, temporary Cabinet on Thursday in response to rising pressure from protesters demanding a faster transition away from the Mubarak regime. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )