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Note to Washington: Hands Off the ‘New’ Arab Spring

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig May 2, 2019 America’s history of bungling in the Middle East suggests it should just sit this latest development out. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Prosecutors Abruptly Drop Criminal Charges Against Jussie Smollett

AMANDA SEITZ and MICHAEL TARM / The Associated Press Mar 26, 2019 Attorneys say the "Empire" actor's record has "been wiped clean" after accusations he lied to police about a racist, anti-gay attack. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Hollywood’s Love Affair With Racism

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Mar 15, 2019 When it comes to matters of race, the entertainment industry fails its increasingly diverse audience time and again. Dig deeper ( 25 Min. Read )

Smollett Reactions Epitomize Polarized State of U.S. Politics

DAVID CRARY / The Associated Press Feb 21, 2019 With the "Empire" actor now accused of staging a racist, anti-gay attack on himself, political tensions seem more inflamed than ever. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Smollett Developments Leave Some Baffled, Others Outraged

LINDSEY BAHR / The Associated Press Feb 17, 2019 The case of the attack on the “Empire” star has taken strange twists that some conservative pundits have gleefully seized on. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Attack on ‘Empire’ Actor Investigated as Possible Hate Crime

DON BABWIN / The Associated Press Jan 30, 2019 Jussie Smollett tells police the men who assaulted him in Chicago yelled he was in "MAGA country," a reference to Trump's campaign slogan. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Welcome to Our Dying Empire

Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch Sep 27, 2018 The 1 percent and the military-industrial complex completely dominate our politics. We can no longer pretend we're living in a democracy. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Filmmaker-Photographer Lauren Greenfield on Rise of ‘Generation Wealth’ and Fall of the Empire

Jordan Riefe / Truthdig Jul 19, 2018 Her latest documentary looks at the pathology of greed and fame. “I thought the financial crash was going to teach us," she says. "And yet a lot of people went right back to living the same way as they had before.” Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Chomsky Challenge for Americans

Paul Street / Truthdig Jun 13, 2018 Monstrous U.S. war crimes since the early 1950s have gone down George Orwell's "memory hole." Now, we have no concept of empathy—or reality. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Preserving the Positive Legacy of an Empire in Decline

Alfred W. McCoy / TomDispatch May 24, 2018 As the American empire unravels with previously unimagined speed, there are many across this country’s political spectrum who will not mourn its passing. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Five Lessons in the History of American Defeat

Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch Apr 15, 2018 Let's take a few moments to think about what some of those lessons might be for the world’s most exceptional and indispensable nation, the planet’s sole superpower, the globe’s only sheriff. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )