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State of the Union: Change Isn’t Easy

Staff / Truthdig Jan 28, 2010 If you missed President Barack Obama's first State of the Union address or you just can't get enough, you can catch the whole thing right here. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Change Machine

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Jul 18, 2009 Dig deeper

Ahmadinejad to U.S.: Let’s Talk (Maybe)

Staff / Truthdig Feb 11, 2009 On Tuesday, the 30th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in his country, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad extended a tentative offer to open a dialogue between the U.S. and Iran -- provided that the Obama administration makes good on its "change" slogan. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Let the Limbaughs Whine

Joe Conason / Truthdig Jan 30, 2009 How fortunate for Barack Obama that Rush Limbaugh, big radio personality and leader of the instinctual far right, has yet to retire to a sunny island with his bottles of pills. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Time to Get to Work

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jan 21, 2009 Tuesday was welcome theater, as profound as it gets -- but today, as Obama has declared, begins a new era of responsibility and accountability. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Fool Me Once

David Sirota / Truthdig Jan 16, 2009 Somehow, immediately releasing more bailout funds is being portrayed as a self-evident necessity. Amid Barack Obama's paeans to "new politics," we're watching old-school paybacks from a politician who raised more Wall Street dough than any other. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Here Comes the Change

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Jan 14, 2009 Like many other people, I’d like to party all week when Barack Obama is sworn in as president. But this isn’t the year for it, not with unemployment rising and fear spreading through the land. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Killing the Big 3 Would Be Nuts

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Dec 16, 2008 Despite the popular myth, lemmings don't really hurl themselves off a cliff to reduce their numbers. That sort of behavior is seen only among Republicans in the Senate, who gave us a demonstration when they torpedoed legislation to bail out the auto industry. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

This Isn’t a Time to Be Coy, Mr. Obama

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Dec 12, 2008 Obama's statements in the Blagojevich case have been cautious and precise. For most politicians, that would be good enough. For the man who inspired the nation with a promise of "change we can believe in," it's not. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

We Told You So

David Sirota / Truthdig Dec 12, 2008 With the release of three new reports, there’s no debate anymore about who was correct and who wasn’t concerning the economic collapse and the Wall Street bailout. The studies prove that progressive critics were right and the Washington ideologues and the pundits were wrong. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )