To Understand Trump, You Must Understand His Cult

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Dec 19, 2019 Our already volatile nation may not withstand the impact of Trump’s leadership—but there’s still time. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

In ‘Midsommar,’ Silent White Supremacy Shrieks Volumes

Noor Al-Sibai / Truthdig Aug 2, 2019 It isn’t a vision of Coachella gone horribly awry—the summer hit draws its scares from racialized terror campaigns from past and present. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

An Alienated Culture Grooms Women for Cults

Geri Spieler / Truthdig Apr 23, 2019 A society rife with loneliness puts pressure on women to be compliant and not make waves, making them ripe prey for sociopaths. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Gerald Ford’s Would-Be Assassin Back Behind Bars at 89

Geri Spieler / Truthdig Mar 14, 2019 She violated the terms of her lifetime parole by leaving the country without permission. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Corporate Cult Captures and Thwarts Our Best Graduates

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 4, 2015 Society’s educated, humane members are being systematically sucked into a destructive reorientation program orchestrated by and for the benefit of a corporate establishment centered on the practices of finance and management, writes veteran journalist George Monbiot at The Guardian. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Mind Rape and the Christian Right

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jul 22, 2013 A former professional skier who sought help for alcoholism from a rehabilitation program became locked in a cultish life that destroyed her self-esteem and independence in the name of Jesus. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Armed Teachers

Monte Wolverton, Cagle Cartoons Jan 22, 2013 Dig deeper

Truthdigger of the Week: Mike Lofgren

Staff / Truthdig Sep 9, 2011 Retired Republican congressional staffer Mike Lofgren outed the "political terrorism" of the lunatics and crackpots who make up the GOP today, and that's why he's our Truthdigger of the Week.Retired Republican congressional staffer Mike Lofgren is our Truthdigger of the Week. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Extremely Unctuous

Mike Farrell / Truthdig Jul 12, 2011 To listen to the bloviators, “religious extremist” means Muslim, and too many Americans buy in without understanding that this “God is (only) on our side” nonsense infects elements in pretty much every belief system. A mandate from God that the adherents of this particular One True Faith should take over our nation’s institutions? Yup. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Scientologists Hire Journalists to Investigate Journalists

Staff / Truthdig Feb 22, 2010 The St Petersburg Times has done some in-depth reporting about the Church of Scientology that hasn't always cast the organization in the best light, let's say The Times' top brass must've known what they were getting into in opening that particular Pandora's box, though, as the CoS (continued). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

UK Reporter Infiltrates Scientology Center

Staff / Truthdig Apr 20, 2006 The journalist posed as a potential recruit and mingled with a cavalcade of zombie-like followers, among other oddities. "I have rarely felt more fearful for my sanity," she writes. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )