Marc Cooper / TruthdigAug 30, 2023
Decades after Pinochet left power, the national trauma of his dictatorship continues to visibly permeate Chilean life. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / Informed CommentSep 11, 2018
The treatment of a local high-schooler by administration staff and Secret Service agents at a rally in Montana is an example of the president's pernicious pettiness. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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David Sheen / TruthdigMay 3, 2018
Benjamin Netanyahu's war on African refugees is worse than imagined—as one Eritrean discovered after human traffickers kidnapped him in Tel Aviv. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
By David Vine / TomDispatchMay 18, 2017
Critics of President Trump's public support for authoritarian rulers generally ignore the long-standing support U.S. presidents have offered repressive regimes over the decades. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
Jordan Riefe / TruthdigMay 12, 2017
Twenty years after its debut, playwright Wallace Shawn’s drama has taken on new meaning for American theatergoers. (Shawn is pictured at left.) Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
By Juan Cole / Informed CommentMay 3, 2017
In Washington, D.C., you're supposed to diss the "bad" ones and praise the "good" ones as strong allies. But the president just seems to like them all. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Robert Reich / RobertReich.orgApr 17, 2017
As commander in chief, the president is empowered to manage the military might of the nation But he is not empowered to initiate warfare on his own As commander in chief, the president is empowered to manage the military might of the nation. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges / TruthdigDec 12, 2016
Donald Trump will use the presidency to inflate his personality cult and increase his family’s wealth. Those who do not pay homage to his megalomania, or swell the profits of his financial empire, will be viciously attacked and persecuted. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Steve Wasserman / TruthdigNov 26, 2016
All previous socialist revolutionaries had seemed grimly puritanical; by contrast, Castro’s barbudos appeared almost to be bohemians with guns. Democracy and radical reform were poised to replace dictatorship and social misery. Dig deeper ( 24 Min. Read )
By Juan Cole / Informed CommentNov 4, 2016
This step is intended to give Recep Tayyip Erdogan the majority in parliament he needs to make himself president for life, and to give Turkey (currently a parliamentary government) an imperial presidency on the Egyptian model. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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