Progressives Urge Clinton Not to Appoint a Wall Street Cabinet

By Nadia Prupis / Common Dreams Aug 11, 2016 The Democratic presidential nominee should tap "executive branch appointees with a documented record of fighting for the public interest," say progressives who recognize that "personnel is policy." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Kansas Voter Registration Discrepancy May Have Disenfranchised Spanish-Speaking Voters

Emma Niles / Truthdig Apr 14, 2016 Why are there multiple differences between the English-language and Spanish-language version of the state’s voting guide? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

America’s Scary New Reality: The Poor Can’t Afford Pneumonia Treatment Anymore

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Mar 15, 2014 And guess who's behind this disastrous shift? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Many Holes in the Denver Debate

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 6, 2012 The bloated Pentagon budget, the mounting ravages of climate change and governmental threats to civil liberties were among the issues that were missing from the presidential debate this week. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Study: To Win Votes, Motivate Your Base

Staff / Truthdig Jul 18, 2011 Numbers from a recent Pew Research Center study contradict the conventional thinking on independent voters Independents are not moderates who can be swayed to the right or left with appeals to moderation and centrism, but "disaffected political partisans" (more). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

NPR Controversy Fueled by Dishonest Editing

Staff / Truthdig Mar 15, 2011 Where there's smoke, there's fire. Where there's a conservative video sting allegedly capturing a liberal target saying something controversial, there's highly manipulative editing. As Mark Sumner on the Daily Kos puts it, "The ACORN video was a fake. The Shirley Sherrod video was a fake. So why should anyone be surprised to find that the NPR video is also a fake?" (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama and Palin Speeches Compared

Staff / Truthdig Jan 14, 2011 Daily Kos blogger Jed Lewison plugged the president and Sarah Palin's respective speeches about the tragedy in Tucson, Ariz., into a word cloud generator to create a visual representation of the rhetoric. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Karl Rove’s Newsweek Gig

Staff / Truthdig Nov 16, 2007 It's really only a matter of time, after a member of the current administration steps down, before he or she re-emerges on the political and/or cultural scene. Take Karl Rove, for example, who, not to be relegated to some contrived yet lucrative "consulting" position (not yet, at any rate), will write about the upcoming elections for Newsweek. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Kos vs. Colbert

Staff / Truthdig Aug 17, 2007 DailyKos proprietor Markos Moulitsas joins Stephen Colbert to defend his super popular blog, which "Papa Bear" Bill O'Reilly has repeatedly compared to the work of the KKK and the Nazis. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Virtual Glass Ceiling

Ellen Goodman / Truthdig Aug 9, 2007 Yes, there are women bloggers out there -- a lot of them, in fact. But when it comes to who gets heard and who sets the agenda, the netroots feel like a "new boys' club." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Democrats Grip and Grin With the Bloggers

Staff / Truthdig Aug 6, 2007 If you can't get enough of Democrats fighting over who is least Bush-like, check out the Largest Minority's roundup and critique of the YearlyKos debate. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Partisan Trailblazers

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Aug 3, 2007 Perhaps you missed it, but Wednesday was the 19th anniversary of Rush Limbaugh's radio show. Limbaugh was celebrating his ripe old age, in media years, on the same week that liberal blog fans were trekking to Chicago for the YearlyKos convention. Therein lies one of the most important stories in American politics. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )