‘Left, Right & Center’: Global Warming Denied, Plus Iran’s Nukes

Staff / Truthdig Sep 26, 2009 Tony Blankley, the "Right" of "Left, Right & Center," stuns the panel by declaring global warming a phony issue. The gang also chews over Iran's nuclear program and debates what should be done about the banks. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

G-20 Muscles G-7 Aside

Staff / Truthdig Sep 25, 2009 It looks like the G-20 is set to permanently replace the G-7 as the world's dominant economic forum, an indirect admission that there was something unfair about the world's seven wealthiest countries deciding economic policy for the entire globe. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Outs Iranian Nuclear Site

Staff / Truthdig Sep 25, 2009 Following Thursday's U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at halting nuclear proliferation, President Obama announced Friday that Iran has concealed a partly built second uranium enrichment plant. The Iranians admitted existence of the plant but asserted that it would be used only for peaceful purposes. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

President Zelaya and the Audacity of Action

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Sep 23, 2009 Manuel Zelaya, the democratically elected president of Honduras, is back in his country after being deposed in a military coup June 28. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Globalization Goes Bankrupt

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Sep 21, 2009 The rage of the disposed is fracturing the country, dividing it into camps that are unmoored from the political mainstream. Movements are building on the ends of the political spectrum that have lost faith in the mechanisms of democratic change. You can’t blame them. But unless we on the left move quickly, this rage will be captured by a virulent and racist right wing, one that seeks a disturbing proto-fascism. The rage of the disposed is fracturing the country, dividing it into camps that are unmoored from the political mainstream. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Go to Pittsburgh, Young Man, and Defy Your Empire

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Aug 31, 2009 Voices of change, who speak in powerful and yet unfamiliar words, are on their way to Pittsburgh. They will cry out to defy the heads of state, bankers and finance ministers meeting there for the G-20.When the failed elite arrive in Pittsburgh for G-20, they will be met by powerful new ideas. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

ObamaTube: Passover/Easter Edition

Staff / Truthdig Apr 12, 2009 President Barack Obama draws upon the traditions and meanings behind "two very different holidays" -- Passover and Easter -- as his jumping-off point for his weekly address about the state of the country and the world and about his time rubbing elbows with other world leaders during the past week . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: Obama’s Big G-20 Debut, Bigger Budget

Staff / Truthdig Apr 4, 2009 Did President Barack Obama achieve anything at the G-20 summit besides showing up and pressing the flesh with other international political players? Tony Blankley isn't so sure, but Robert Scheer and guest moderator Lawrence O'Donnell are ready with their rebuttals. And how about that ginormous budget plan? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Close These Refuges for Scoundrels

Joe Conason / Truthdig Apr 2, 2009 The story of former AIG executive Joseph Cassano points up once more how tax and regulatory havens across the world encourage nefarious conduct, lack of transparency, evasion of taxes and corporate criminality. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

How Many World Leaders Does It Take to Change a Light Bulb?

Staff / Truthdig Apr 2, 2009 Following a private audience with the queen of England, President Obama joined a reception and dinner with other world leaders from the G-20 summit. What happens when you get Silvio Berlusconi, Hillary Clinton, Nicolas Sarkozy, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Prince Charles and J.K. Rowling in a room? More wine, please. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

G-20 vs. 6 Billion

Staff / Truthdig Apr 1, 2009 No matter how trite it has become for the media to focus on the "clashes" and "violence" that have "erupted" at the G-20 demonstrations in London, stories on the economic summit seem to overlook the legitimate concerns that protesters have against the world's 20 largest economies orchestrating macroeconomic policy for the rest of the world. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Seattle’s Lessons for London

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Apr 1, 2009 A former police chief of Seattle -- who directed the harsh action there against 1999's WTO protesters -- has changed his views on protests, as well as on drugs. The G-20 leaders meeting in London should heed his words. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )