Trump, Schumer Meet as GOP, Democrats Trade Pre-Shutdown Blame

ANDREW TAYLOR, ALAN FRAM, and ZEKE MILLER / The Associated Press Jan 19, 2018 As a government closure looms, the White House said the president would not leave for a planned weekend trip to Florida. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Oxfam Finds Eight Men’s Wealth Equals That of Half the World’s People

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jan 16, 2017 "This is the perfect but horribly sad point to make on MLK day," Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer writes in a memo to staff. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Glenn Greenwald on Who’s to Blame for Trump’s Election

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Nov 12, 2016 The Intercept journalist lays out why the Democratic Party needs to take responsibility. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Netanyahu Demands More Billions From America, Insults U.S. Envoy, Steals More Land

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jan 24, 2016 At the Davos World Economic Forum, the Israeli leader insisted that the U.N.-Iran nuclear deal had made his country less secure and that it must therefore get tens of billions extra in military aid from the U.S. And that wasn't all. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Richest 62 People Are as Wealthy as Half the World’s Population

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Jan 18, 2016 British charity Oxfam calls for a crackdown on tax havens after its report finds the world's wealthiest hiding $7.6 trillion from taxes. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Noam Chomsky: Nuclear Weapons and Unchecked Climate Change Are Leading Us Toward Doomsday

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Mar 24, 2015 "It's now 70 years since the end of the most horrific war in history," the renowned intellectual said in a recent talk. "It ended with the use of an ultimate weapon which can bring human history to an end." He added, soberingly: "We've been living under that shadow ever since." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bill Gates Doesn’t Want Minimum Wage Raised

Staff / Truthdig Jan 28, 2014 Bill Gates and other members of the 1 percent worry about having to pay more taxes to increase wages; the United States turned its back on the Arab Spring; meanwhile, an Oklahoma legislator wants to forbid all marriages so gays won't wed either. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Fracking Won’t Avert Energy Crisis, Davos Is Told

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Jan 25, 2014 A world oil crisis is imminent, a British renewable energy entrepreneur is to tell the World Economic Forum this week -- and fracking for shale oil and gas is not the answer to it. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Blurring Mandela and Neo-Liberalism

By Danny Schechter Dec 15, 2013 Rather than tell how global corporations and banks pressured the Mandela government to keep economic power where it was during apartheid, Andrew Ross Sorkin and The New York Times claimed the South African hero saw "the light" at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.Rather than tell how Mandela was pressured to keep economic power where it was during apartheid, The New York Times claimed the South African hero saw "the light" at the World Economic Forum. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Trillions Needed to ‘Green’ the Global Economy

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 24, 2013 An alliance led by former Mexican President Felipe Calderon made a business case for the curbing of global warming to leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this week, saying an unprecedented $14 trillion overhaul would be needed to ensure long-term growth that didn’t wreck the environment. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Your Ticket to Davos

Staff / Truthdig Jan 26, 2011 The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, where big shots go to talk turkey and soak up a bit of Switzerland, is being streamed live across the Internet tubes. They're waiting for you after the jump, prime minister. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gates Announces Huge Vaccine Pledge

Staff / Truthdig Jan 30, 2010 Bill Gates made a big announcement at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Friday. The Microsoft entrepreneur-turned-philanthropist revealed that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will donate $10 billion over the next 10 years to the cause of fighting disease around the globe through vaccines and immunizations. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )