The Purpose of Argument Online

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 23, 2014 The "public face of social liberalism" is synonymous with "an endless list of things that you can't do or say or think, and with the constant threat of being called an existentially bad person if you say the wrong thing," journalist Freddie deBoer writes. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Enthusiasm for Big-Picture Environmentalism Wanes as Local Causes Boom

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 16, 2014 A new report contends that the environmental movement has been losing the battle for new converts largely because it places "too great a dependency on three things: elite-level engagement, the rationalism of climate science and the agency of top-down legislation," Lucy Siegle writes in The Observer. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Study Finds Global Surge in Slayings of Environmental Activists

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 17, 2014 Killings of environmental and land rights activists worldwide have tripled over the past decade, bringing the death rate to an average of two per week, according to a new report by the group Global Witness. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

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Another Flower Has Gone

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If You Still Want to Be an Activist After Reading This, Prepare to Be Hated

Staff / Truthdig Jan 15, 2014 Do activists such as feminists, environmentalists, pacifists and others have an image problem? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Texting Instead of Driving?

Staff / Truthdig Aug 11, 2012 It seems young people are more interested in buying iPhones than automobiles these days; Central American families with links to death squads helped Mitt Romney fund Bain Capital; and Jill Stein, the presidential nominee for the Green Party, went to jail for protesting home foreclosures. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Ernest Callenbach: Last Words to an America in Decline

Staff / Truthdig May 7, 2012 Ernest Callenbach, author of the beloved 1975 utopian novel "Ecotopia," died of cancer last month at the age of 83. Days later, a sort of farewell detailing his hopes for the world he left behind was discovered on his computer. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

Obama Proposes Offshore Drilling Plan

Staff / Truthdig Apr 1, 2010 If you thought "drill, baby, drill!" was only a right-wing slogan, think again. On Wednesday, President Barack Obama outlined a plan for doing a little drilling for oil and gas off a few sections of our nation's coastline, including the East Coast, Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Reality Check From the Brink of Extinction

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Oct 19, 2009 The oil and natural gas industry, the coal industry, arms and weapons manufacturers, industrial farms, deforestation industries, the automotive industry and chemical plants will not willingly accept their own extinction. They are indifferent to the looming human catastrophe.We can save groves of trees, protect endangered species and clean up rivers, but to leave the corporations unchallenged would mean our efforts would be wasted. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )