By Neal Gabler / Moyers & CompanyMay 2, 2016
As FDR mastered radio and JFK conquered TV, Donald Trump rules the Internet like no other candidate. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
By Thom Hartmann / AlterNetMar 21, 2016
Our nation faces a massive crisis provoked by the loss of democratic representation. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Mark Fiore / TruthdigJan 28, 2016
Now that Donald Trump has declared he’ll skip the next debate because he hates Fox News’ Megyn Kelly, he’s planning a special Trump event that will compete for debate airtime. Dig deeper
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Bill Boyarsky / TruthdigDec 9, 2015
If you think it's impossible for a demagogue to seize control and destroy American democracy, think again. Trump's hate-filled call for banning Muslims from entering the U.S. appeals to many angry and scared Americans. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigOct 10, 2015
The candidate has been profoundly wrong on the two most pressing issues of our time—economic injustice and unbridled militarism—and seems incapable of learning from her dangerous errors in judgment. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigJun 15, 2015
She took a page from Franklin Delano Roosevelt in her first major campaign speech, but Hillary Clinton is still Wall Street's woman -- a point not lost on some who took in her surreal show at Roosevelt Island's Four Freedoms Park on Saturday. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigApr 13, 2015
Sweden's foreign minister has done what few Western officials have been willing to: denounce Saudi Arabia for its appalling human rights record. Now, Sweden has put its money where her mouth is, but will it cave in to pressure from Arabs and big business? Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Bill Blum / TruthdigMar 4, 2015
Eighty-two years after Roosevelt's famous call to hope, the Israeli prime minister stood before Congress to deliver a nearly opposite appeal. The facts do not support his dire warning on Iran. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Bill Boyarsky / TruthdigNov 19, 2014
Protecting immigrants from deportation, permitting them to come out of the shadows, is the right thing to do. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
William Pfaff / TruthdigNov 12, 2014
All is not lost. Change has happened in the past, against severe resistance, three times since the Civil War. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
By Alan MinskyNov 9, 2014
Tuesday’s crushing defeat of the centrist Clinton/Obama Democratic Party provides an opening for the American left. The next few years are not going to be pretty, but they could be the beginning of something beautiful. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigSep 6, 2014
In contemplating President Obama's foreign policy, Mark Twain's reference to Richard Wagner's music -- it's "better than it sounds" -- comes to mind. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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