Time to Start Preoccupying Wall Street

Lawrence Weschler / Truthdig Dec 10, 2011 What would it be like if activists were to spend the next several months developing, articulating and organizing toward a major national mortgage and student loan strike? Such a loan strike would be slated to begin on some specific preannounced date in the intermediate future. Why not, say, on Oct. 1, 2012, right in the middle of the next presidential campaign?Tyrannies all over the world exist in the ironclad certainty that people are nothing more than meat on sticks. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

Obama’s New Square Deal

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Dec 8, 2011 President Obama has decided that he is more likely to win if the election is about big things rather than small ones. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Here Comes the Capital Strike

Staff / Truthdig Nov 26, 2011 From his seat in Congress, House Speaker John Boehner announced in mid-September that American business owners would continue to hold the nation's wealth (and thus the public welfare) hostage until government granted them the “low-tax, deregulated world they wanted,” writes journalist and author Thomas Frank in Harper’s online. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Social Security and the Generation Gap

Staff / Truthdig Nov 5, 2011 Most Americans think that the big government entitlement programs -- Social Security and Medicare -- are a good thing. But young and old part company, according to a new Pew report, over the current effectiveness of the programs and what to do about it. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Which Side Are You On!

Richard Reeves / Truthdig Oct 14, 2011 I am all for Occupy Wall Street -- and a lot of other places -- but I wish I understood where this is going. And why it took so long to get going. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A New Bush Era or a Push Era?

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Oct 12, 2011 Back when Barack Obama was still just a U.S. senator running for president, he told a group of donors in a New Jersey suburb, "Make me do it." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Putin and Roosevelt

Paresh Nath, Cagle Cartoons, The Khaleej Times, UAE Oct 6, 2011 Dig deeper

Deep in the Heart of Fantasyland

Richard Reeves / Truthdig Aug 25, 2011 "America is great, and it's worth saving," Rick Perry wrote in his book, "Fed Up!" Then he gave us 150 pages of what a terrible place this is, one only he can save."America is great, and it's worth saving," Rick Perry wrote. Then he told us what a terrible place this is, one only he can save. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Time for a Chat

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Nouriel Roubini: Capitalism Must Be Saved From Itself

Staff / Truthdig Aug 15, 2011 Economist and New York University professor Nouriel Roubini explains that globalization, reckless lending and borrowing, and the redirection of income and wealth from industries dependent upon human labor and well-being to those composed mainly of capital (more). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Drop in Jobless Rate Is Nothing to Cheer

Staff / Truthdig Aug 5, 2011 The official unemployment rate dropped from 9.2 to 9.1 percent last month as 117,000 new jobs were added to the American economy. The improvement in the rate, however, was almost entirely due to Americans giving up the search for work. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Bizarro FDR

David Sirota / Truthdig Aug 5, 2011 Barack Obama is a lot of things -- eloquent, dissembling, conniving, intelligent and above all, calm. But one thing he is not is weak. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )