Led by Bernie Sanders' former staffers, the Movement for a People’s Party aims to offer what Democrats never will: an authentic opposition.
Pundits and politicians have transformed the 41st president into a paragon of virtue. All it took was a willful ignorance of history.
Truthdig Editor Robert Scheer writes about and interviews the 41st president in this excerpt from Scheer's book "Playing President."
"Digital DNA" co-author Jonathan Aronson on the "hollowing out" of American workers and the elected officials that claim to represent them.
By a vote of 63-37, the upper chamber elects to bring a proposal to the floor that would end U.S. involvement in the war in Yemen.
In an unexpectedly tilted 63-37 vote, it moves forward with a bill calling for an end to U.S. military aid in the Saudi-led war in Yemen.
What follows is a murky story of a political ploy by the two governments to create a phony rationale for ousting Assange from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.
While wishing U.S. soldiers a happy Thanksgiving, the president pats himself on the back and lashes out at his political opponents.
The famed whistleblower and former RAND corporation employee reflects on a discovery that could have altered the course of history.
Truthdig's editor in chief reveals how Amazon and the data mining firm Palantir help ICE hunt down immigrants, pick out the innocent as potential criminals and build the cloud for the government.
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