‘Left, Right & Center’: Third-Party Politics

Staff / Truthdig Nov 26, 2011 Does America need a third political party? The backlash against Obama on the left and the tepid support for Romney would seem to make this a fine time for an independent party to emerge. But it's also the year of $1 billion campaigns and Citizens United-style funding schemes. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The FBI’s Terrorism Factory

Staff / Truthdig Aug 25, 2011 This week on Truthdig Radio in collaboration with KPFK: How the FBI uses its 15,000 informants to sucker and seduce angry Muslims, and the effort to amend the Constitution to dehumanize corporationscom/avbooth/category/truthdig_radio/" title="Truthdig Radio">Truthdig Radio: How the FBI suckers and seduces angry Muslims, and the effort to dehumanize corporations. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Selling Out of Our Democracy

Staff / Truthdig Aug 8, 2011 For years, the conservative wing of the Supreme Court has flapped mightily in the face of any attempt to deny American corporations their ability to disenfranchise and dispossess the American public. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

IRS to Tax the Purchase of Political Power Through Nonprofits

Staff / Truthdig May 13, 2011 Clandestine political financiers such as David H. Koch, who along with his brother Charles has bankrolled the tea party movement, may soon be hit with “gift taxes” for each donation to nonprofit political advocacy groups. The Internal Revenue Service has been able to tax such contributions since 1982, but it has rarely happened, The New York Times reports. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Want a Voice in the Political Process? Form a SuperPAC

Staff / Truthdig Apr 29, 2011 Stephen Colbert talks with Wisconsin Democrat Russ Feingold, deposed from the U.S. Senate in the last election, about the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, which we find was based on a landmark precedent known as "Money Talks v. Bullshit Walks." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Vermont Weighs Constitutional Amendment to Ban Corporate Personhood

Staff / Truthdig Jan 25, 2011 On the anniversary of the Citizens United decision, Vermont politicians are moving to deny corporations the rights that humans enjoy. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Rise of Sewer Money

Joe Conason / Truthdig Oct 28, 2010 In New York, there is a traditional name for the kind of anonymous cash now cascading into the American electoral process. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Colbert Report’: Invisible Inc.

Staff / Truthdig Oct 28, 2010 Thanks to the Supreme Court's recent ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, corporations can go crazy with campaign funding (oh, and they are) without even having to make it clear where their money goes. This is the democracy of the future! Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Good Head

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Oct 26, 2010 Dig deeper

Waiting for Another Watergate

Richard Reeves / Truthdig Oct 20, 2010 What is the most powerful political operation in the country in this 21st century? It's the United States Supreme Court. The men and women in black are on their way to deciding their second national election in just the first decade of the century. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Auction House

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig Oct 18, 2010 Dig deeper

The Shadow Class War of 2010

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Oct 11, 2010 The 2010 election is turning into a class war. The wealthy and the powerful started it. This is a strange development. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )