As Legacy Gets Trashed, What’s Next for Obama?

Jordan Riefe / Truthdig Jan 27, 2018 The former president, the subject of two interviews and a new film within a month, emerges from seclusion and gives a peek at what’s to come. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Jon Stewart Gets a Send-Off Emmy for ‘The Daily Show’

Staff / Truthdig Sep 21, 2015 At Sunday night's Emmy Awards, Jon Stewart got one last chance to bask in the glow of industry goodwill directed at "The Daily Show." At the ceremony he picked up a trophy for Outstanding Variety Talk Series to cap off his 16-year stint as "Daily Show" host. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

David Letterman

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Cornel West: ‘We Live in an Age of Sellouts [and] Love of Money, Money, Money, Money’

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Mar 18, 2015 Academic and activist Dr. Cornel West tells David Letterman that President Obama may be a "black face in [a] high place" but doesn't have the "vocal integrity" to stand up for what's right and "deliver justice." And it's not just Obama who's guilty, according to West. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Larry Wilmore Makes His Comedy Central Bow to Promising Reviews

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Jan 21, 2015 Stephen Colbert has a tough act to follow in replacing David Letterman on the "Late Show" later this year -- but then again, following Stephen Colbert is no easy feat either. The latter job fell to Comedy Central's newest host, Larry Wilmore, on Monday night. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Grand Finale of ‘The Colbert Report’ Is a Sight to Behold

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Dec 20, 2014 After nine years, 1,447 episodes and several well-deserved Emmy Awards, America's favorite faux news pundit signed off one last time with a promise that "We'll Meet Again." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Stephen Colbert Says Goodbye: ‘I’ve Won Television’

Staff / Truthdig Apr 24, 2014 "Almost nine years ago, I promised to change the world, and together, I did it," says Stephen Colbert, still in character as his self-obsessed conservabot doppelganger, while dropping in to rub it in on his onetime mentor Jon Stewart's "Daily Show" on Wednesday night. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Beyond Colbert: Why We Need Progressive People of Color on TV

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Apr 17, 2014 The fact is that although there may be marginally increasing diversity among the casts of fictional television series, there are not nearly enough black and brown voices presenting or analyzing the news on television or in newsrooms, in broadcast or print, in traditional media or new media.There are not nearly enough black and brown voices presenting or analyzing the news on television or in newsrooms, in broadcast or print, in traditional media or new media. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Blow to Wingnuttery

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Pulitzer Prize Winner Says U.S. Has the Most Unfair Modern Economy

Staff / Truthdig Apr 11, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Why the rich keep getting richer (and don't even realize it), poverty around the world, Stephen Colbert heads to CBS, and Pacifica tries to put a network back together again. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Stephen Colbert to Take the ‘Late Show’ Reins from David Letterman

Staff / Truthdig Apr 10, 2014 When David Letterman pushes away from his desk on CBS' "Late Night with David Letterman" in 2015, Stephen Colbert will be ready to pull up a chair. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )