Saudi Prince Implicated in Bezos’ Phone Hack, U.N. Experts Say

AYA BATRAWY / The Associated Press Jan 22, 2020 An immediate inquiry is sought amid findings Mohammed bin Salman appears to have had access to Washington Post owner's private messages. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trump’s Capricious Use of Power to Denigrate and Even Endanger His Critics Must End

By Robert Reich / RobertReich.org Dec 11, 2016 The president-elect’s tendency to go after people who criticize him by sending false and provocative statements to his 17 million Twitter followers not only imperils these individuals. It also poses a clear and present danger to our democracy. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Better Living Through Criticism

Allen Barra / Truthdig Nov 27, 2016 A new book by A.O. Scott, senior film critic for The New York Times and probably the country's most influential film critic, is a reflection on the nature of art criticism itself. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Employers Can’t Require You to Be Happy, Uncle Sam Says

Staff / Truthdig May 13, 2016 In a victory for free speech, the National Labor Relations Board ruled that employees of T-Mobile do not have to maintain what the company called a “positive work environment” at all times. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

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Remembering Hiroshima in an Age of Neoliberal Barbarism

By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout Sep 12, 2014 Once an emancipatory project predicated on the right to study and engage the past critically, history under the reign of neoliberalism has receded into a depoliticizing culture of consumerism, a wholesale attack on science, the glorification of military ideals, an embrace of the punishing state, and a nostalgic invocation of the greatest generation. Dig deeper ( 25 Min. Read )

Be Very Thoughtful With Your Criticism

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 6, 2014 During performance reviews and other such discussions, focusing on what people may have done wrong makes them defensive and blinkers the mind, making it harder for them to change, psychologists say. Instead, conversations about what people would like to achieve are more likely to result in improvements. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Back to Blunt the Cutting Edge

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 19, 2013 John Summers, editor-in-chief of the critical, satirical magazine The Baffler, appeared on Boston's WGBH News to introduce his journal to television audiences, saying that when people ask what the publication is about, he "remind[s] them that this sort of thing existed for a long time in the American cultural scene." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Our Words Are Our Weapons

By Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch Oct 30, 2012 We often speak as though the source of so many of our problems is complex and even mysterious. I'm not sure it is. You can blame it all on greed: the refusal to do anything about climate change, the attempts by the .01% to destroy our democracy, the constant robbing of the poor, the resultant starving children, the war against most of what is beautiful on this Earth. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

WHO Accused of Overstating Swine Flu Threat

Staff / Truthdig Jun 4, 2010 Two reports released Friday are critical of the World Health Organization's handling of the H1N1 flu pandemic -- which was dubbed "exaggeration on stilts" -- as well as the fact that some WHO scientists had previously been on the payroll of big drug companies. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Former Chavez Amigo Jailed

Staff / Truthdig May 9, 2010 A onetime comrade, and current critic, of Venezuelan jefe Hugo Chavez has been sentenced to eight years in prison on charges of abuse of power, misappropriation of funds and violation of the military code while an officer in the army. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Larry’s List: Mark Halperin’s Trash Edition

Staff / Truthdig Jan 13, 2010 Mark Halperin's sleazy new book (the one that snared Harry Reid and beats up on John and Elizabeth Edwards) is proof, writes Glenn Greenwald, that our media aspire to trash and gossip. This story, plus Nixon, Sinatra, Limbaugh, drugs and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )