Staff / TruthdigApr 29, 2011
It seems everyone's got a pet theory about why the price of oil has jumped roughly 30 percent since the start of the year Right- wingers blame a conspiracy hatched by President Barack Obama to strangle domestic oil production and push his "radical" green agenda on an unsuspecting America (more). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 30, 2010
Having made its indelible mark on US foreign relations of late, WikiLeaks is taking on another considerable force for its next act, targeting an as-yet-unnamed major U bank with a big reveal planned for early next year . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Robert Scheer / TruthdigNov 10, 2010
The Harvard MBA is the degree that George W. Bush and his last treasury secretary, Henry Paulson, had in common, and their shared ignorance as they presided over the collapse of the U.S. economy is on full display in the former president’s newly published memoir.It takes a Harvard MBA to raze an economy. Perhaps that is too narrow a judgment given that a law degree from that institution or from Yale University seems to serve as well. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 30, 2009
Amy Goodman talks with Bethany McLean, pictured, a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and one of the journalists responsible for exposing the Enron scandal in 2001, about Bernie Madoff and what his 150-year sentence means on Wall Street. Check out this clip from Tuesday's "Democracy Now!" Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigApr 15, 2009
One wonders if Phil Gramm has been made just a tad nervous by the news on Tuesday that one of UBS' super-wealthy private clients has pleaded guilty to tax evasion. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigDec 24, 2008
In the end, the shame of Vice President Dick Cheney was total: unmitigated by any notion of a graceful departure, let alone the slightest obligation of honest accounting. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigSep 19, 2008
Has the war on terrorism become the modern equivalent of the Roman Circus, drawing the people’s attention away from the failures of those who rule them? Corporate America is a shambles because deregulation, the mantra of our president and his party, has proved to be a license to steal. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigJul 16, 2008
McCain campaign co-chair Phil Gramm is right: We have "become a nation of whiners." But who is whining more than the bankers that former Sen. Gramm's financial deregulation legislation benefited? The very bankers who now expect a government bailout, such as those at UBS Investment Bank, where Gramm found lucrative employment. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Marie Cocco / TruthdigJun 24, 2008
There's nothing like the Saudi version of straight talk to put in perspective the tongue-twisting of American politicians. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 24, 2008
Truthdig Editor Robert Scheer interviews documentarian Alex Gibney about his 2008 Academy Award-winning documentary, "Taxi to the Dark Side," a compelling examination of the circumstances that led Americans to commit torture. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigOct 25, 2006
"Kenny Boy" Lay and Jeffrey Skilling would have remained small-time crooks were it not for the energy industry deregulation measures they effectively purchased from Bush I and II. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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