Obama Heckled During Speech, Warren Lands a Book Deal, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig May 24, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including why an Oklahoma senator thinks federal disaster relief to his state after a deadly tornado is unnecessary and John McCain gets all maverick-y again. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Sequester Relief

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Oklahoma Needs Help, Not Ideology

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig May 23, 2013 While listening to an NPR report out of Moore, Okla., this week, I was genuinely shocked. Not by the scale of the devastation or the tenacity of people who have grown stoically accustomed to the damage tornadoes can do, but by a political sentiment that, in almost any other era, would not have been surprising at all. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

GOP Senator’s Hypocrisy on Tornado Aid, Jon Stewart Hates Washington, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig May 22, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including a senator's attempt to repeal the Monsanto Protection Act and the real IRS scandal that is being missed. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Political Football Over Disaster Relief: Another Argument for Public Banking

By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt Jan 5, 2013 As the legislature's latest scrapping over a $60 billion Hurricane Sandy relief bill shows, disaster victims are now being expected to shoulder relief expenses that used to be shared publicly. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Kindness in the Face of Horror

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Dec 31, 2012 We must act forcefully to contain gun violence, and that is a political matter. But a year that ended on notes of heroism in response to natural disaster and endurance in response to human horror brings to mind George H.W. Bush's challenge: We need to become "a kinder, gentler nation." That seems a worthy resolution for 2013. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Occupy Ark

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Katrina, All Over Again

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Dec 3, 2012 Hurricane Sandy, if you are poor, is the Katrina of the North. It has illustrated the depraved mentality of an oligarchic and corporate elite that, as conditions worsen, retreats into self-contained gated communities, guts basic services and abandons the wider population. Hurricane Sandy, if you are poor, is the Katrina of the North. It has illustrated the depraved mentality of an oligarchic and corporate elite that retreats into self-contained gated communities, guts basic services and abandons the wider population. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Senate OKs Compromise Funding Deal

Staff / Truthdig Sep 27, 2011 Senate leaders struck a compromise late Monday on the issue of disaster relief funding that is likely to avert a federal government shutdown, the third such threat this year. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )