Resistance Is the Supreme Act of Faith

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Dec 31, 2018 We can resist the radical evil enveloping our lives and our planet only when we acquire the faith that resistance always weakens the oppressor and empowers the oppressed. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

How a Plant-Based Diet Could Finally Take Root

Eunice Wong / Truthdig Dec 21, 2018 Solutions that eliminate animal protein aren’t—yet—profitable to the medical and pharmaceutical industries. But they could be an incalculable boon to the insurance industry, an excerpt from "What the Health" explains. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Eating Our Way to Disease

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jul 10, 2017 The animal agriculture industry knows its products are harming us, but it, along with the medical and drug industries, is making billions from illnesses caused by our diet. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

‘On Contact With Chris Hedges’: Eugene O’Neill’s ‘Electra’ Shatters the American Myth

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Apr 24, 2017 The Truthdig columnist and RT host explains that a culture saturated with artifice and false promises of success and happiness doesn't easily accommodate the ideas the playwright dramatized onstage. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Play’s the Thing

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Dec 16, 2013 Maximum-security prisoners in my classroom wrote a visceral and raw drama about life on the streets and inside prison The bitter truth they told is their song And now it is my job to make that song heardA visceral and raw drama is the song of the prisoners who wrote it. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Truthdig Critics Win National Entertainment Journalism Awards

Staff / Truthdig Nov 26, 2013 Peter Richardson and Chris Hedges took home the first and second place trophies, respectively, in the online critic category at the L.A. Press Club's Sixth Annual National Entertainment Journalism Awards on Sunday. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Shade It Black’: The Bodybaggers of Iraq

BLANK Jun 25, 2011 Jess Goodell volunteered when she was a Marine to work in the corps’ mortuary affairs unit in Iraq. Her job was to collect the bodies and body parts of fallen fellow Marines. She wrote a book about the experience called “Shade It Black: Death and After in Iraq.” Here are excerpts from Goodell's book and Chris Hedges’ interview with the author, read by classically trained actor and Truthdig contributor Eunice Wong. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

The Body Baggers of Iraq

Staff / Truthdig Jun 16, 2011 On this week’s episode of Truthdig Radio in collaboration with KPFK: Unconstitutionally crowded prisons, battlefield medicine, a very special segment on the Marines who collect their dead in Iraq, and just a little bit of Jesus Plus: Reese Erlich reports from Egypt Update: Full transcriptOn this week’s episode of Truthdig Radio: Unconstitutionally crowded prisons, battlefield medicine, a very special segment on the Marines who collect their dead in Iraq, and just a little bit of Jesus. Dig deeper ( 36 Min. Read )

‘Life and Fate’ at the Lincoln Center Festival

Eunice Wong / Truthdig Aug 19, 2009 “Life and Fate” by Vasily Grossman is one of the greatest works of 20th century literature. A new theatrical adaptation is innovative, but ultimately loses the epic's profound meditations on good and evil.A theatrical adaptation of one of the great works of the 20th century falls short of the original epic. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )