America’s Wars of Self-Destruction

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Nov 17, 2008 War is a poison. It is a poison that nations and groups must at times ingest to ensure their survival. But, like any poison, it can kill you just as surely as the disease it is meant to eradicate. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Your Money Votes, Too

Staff / Truthdig Nov 7, 2008 You may have knocked on doors for Barack Obama, but it's possible you gave money to John McCain. GoodGuide has a tool that sorts donations by party, logo and industry. Tech companies seem to prefer Democrats while food companies love Republicans. The banks, of course, throw money at everybody. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Nader: Will Obama Be an ‘Uncle Tom for the Giant Corporations’?

Staff / Truthdig Nov 6, 2008 Not entirely sure how to unpack what exactly is going on in this startling exchange between Fox News' Shep Smith and third-party avenger Ralph Nader, but here are a few ideas to get the ball rolling. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Bailout: Take Two

Staff / Truthdig Oct 3, 2008 On Friday the House approved, after initially rejecting, the $700-billion bailout package for the financial industry in what is likely to be the most expensive government intervention in the nation's history. This, of course, only slightly surpasses another notable "government intervention" -- the nearly $600 billion spent in the war in Iraq. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Making Goliath Walk

David Sirota / Truthdig Sep 5, 2008 In the imminent confrontation over the Employee Free Choice Act, an almost embarrassingly modest proposal, corporations are actually billing themselves as the underdog -- the poor, overmatched peasant David against the Philistine monster Goliath. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Turning Gold Into Green

Staff / Truthdig Aug 19, 2008 Michael Phelps' million-dollar bonus for making Olympic history is chump change compared with the hundreds of millions he is expected to rake in over the course of his career. What does swimming have to do with credit cards? Visa is prepared to spend millions to convince you the answer is "a lot." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Will Obama Wave Bayh-Bye to the White House?

David Sirota / Truthdig Aug 15, 2008 If you believe the chatter, Barack Obama is desperately seeking a white guy -- any white guy -- to be his running mate. Hopefully, he doesn't choose Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh, whose only major accomplishment is helping to bend his party to the will of corporations. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

U.K. Cracking Down on Net Piracy

Staff / Truthdig Jul 25, 2008 The British government is planning to "significantly reduce" the country's online file-sharing of copyrighted content, by at least 50 percent, in the next three years through a sequence of warning letters, Internet account suspensions and ultimate expulsion from Internet access. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Six Little Words

David Sirota / Truthdig Jul 25, 2008 History books teem with six-word phrases, from the comforting ("Nothing to fear but fear itself") to the inspiring ("Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall") to the embarrassing ("Read my lips, no new taxes"). But the six words "on the basis of union membership" could be more momentous than any of those. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Who’s Paying for the Conventions?

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Jul 24, 2008 The nominating conventions have become elaborate, expensive marketing events, but most people don't know the extent to which major corporations fund them, pouring tens of millions of dollars into a little-known loophole in the campaign-finance system. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

World Bank Finds Itself Wanting

Staff / Truthdig Jul 23, 2008 The World Bank is being criticized for a persistent lack of environmental focus in an internal review of its lending activities. The new report rails against the environmental degradation caused by many bank-funded projects in poor countries that harm local communities in the name of "development." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bad Days for Newsrooms — and Democracy

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jul 21, 2008 The decline of newspapers is not about the replacement of the antiquated technology of news print with the lightning speed of the Internet. It does not signal an inevitable and salutary change. It is not a form of progress. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )