Time to Rebel

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Oct 7, 2019 Extinction Rebellion plans to “get in the room” with the elite and effect change on the climate crisis through well-planned street actions. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

U.K. Scientists Risk Prison to Urge Climate Action

Alex Kirby / Climate News Network Nov 4, 2018 A group of British scientists and their supporters presses governments to tackle climate change and environmental crisis. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Ear to the Ground

Standing Rock Activists Face Harsh Prison Sentences

Ilana Novick / Truthdig Jul 13, 2018 Two years after the media left, hundreds of "water protectors" who participated in protests over the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota struggle to rebuild their lives. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Coming Collapse

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig May 20, 2018 Every day the foundations of our institutions decay more, but American society is emotionally unable to grasp the mortal danger that approaches. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The Poor People’s Campaign: Building Morality From the Ground Up

Michael Nigro / Truthdig May 19, 2018 This movement has nothing to do with left or right, Democrat or Republican, conservative or liberal. It's all about right and wrong. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Danger of Leadership Cults

Chris Hedges / Truthdig May 6, 2018 Civil rights leader Bob Moses warns today’s protest movements not to allow media celebrity and protest spectacles to take the place of organizing. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Truthdig’s Top 50 TD Originals of 2017

Staff / Truthdig Dec 29, 2017 In a tough year, our most popular opinion pieces provided analysis of the news and solutions for the problems we face. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Peace First

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Dec 19, 2017 Want to make America great? Demand an end to war—at home and abroad—as Martin Luther King Jr. did. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

America’s War on America

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Dec 2, 2017 That sound of doomsday you hear in the distance is not "ka-boom." It's "ka-ching." Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Actor James Cromwell on the Consequence of ‘Doing Nothing’

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Sep 22, 2017 In this week's episode of “Scheer Intelligence,” host and Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer interviews Cromwell about his activism. [Transcript added.] Dig deeper ( 20 Min. Read )

How to Build a Global Movement to End Mass Killing

By Medea Benjamin / AlterNet Jul 26, 2017 The path to a more peaceful world begins by universalizing resistance to militarism. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

We Disrupted the Supreme Court to Protest Money in Politics

By Matt Kresling Jul 20, 2017 We'll be sentenced Monday for an act of civil disobedience that was neither violent nor angry. Rather it was a plea to government to be responsive to the people. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )