Maj. Danny Sjursen / TruthdigMay 18, 2019
The president who arguably was the most corrupt in U.S. history lost the Watergate battle but won in his bid to lock U.S. politics on a rightward course. Dig deeper ( 19 Min. Read )
By Thom Hartmann / Independent Media InstituteJul 25, 2018
In all areas—from international and domestic policy to tax reform, from immigration to health care—a common theme has emerged: The president just can't do things competently. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )
Eric Ortiz / TruthdigSep 25, 2017
The days of keeping politics out of sports are history. Now is the time for sports figures to use their platforms to lead a global peace movement. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
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Allen Barra / TruthdigFeb 1, 2017
Clemson’s win over Alabama in college football’s national championship game didn’t impress sports writer Dave Zirin. But his scathing critique in The Nation missed the point. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Amy Goodman / TruthdigSep 9, 2016
The battle against the Dakota Access pipeline is being waged as a renewed assertion of indigenous rights and sovereignty. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 20, 2016
As political commentators point out similarities in rhetoric between the presidential campaigns of Donald Trump and segregationist Alabama Gov. George Wallace in 1968, Wallace’s daughter, Peggy Wallace Kennedy, who has compared the two campaigns, says her father actually may have been less extreme. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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 )
Roisin Davis / TruthdigSep 18, 2014
Although he may have shown a softer side to those who knew him, the Northern Irish politician did more to fan the flames of sectarianism than any other figure. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Richard Reeves / TruthdigJan 9, 2014
It is refreshing for me to find myself in agreement with "mainstream" Republicans, beginning with House Speaker John Boehner and Rep. Paul Ryan. I think. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 17, 2011
In its latest attack on the billionaire Koch brothers, Robert Greenwald's Brave New Films shows how the fearsome libertarian duo used their wealth and power to elect four segregationists to North Carolina's Wake County school board in 2009. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Richard Reeves / TruthdigJan 19, 2011
Fifty years ago, John F. Kennedy was sworn in as the 35th president of the United States. He gave a stirring inaugural address and then took over a job for which he was unprepared. No one is ever prepared. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Jon Wiener / TruthdigMay 19, 2008
"Nixonland" -- that's Rick Perlstein's term for the political world where candidates win power by mobilizing people's resentments, anxieties and anger, where politics destroys its victims. Do we still live in Nixonland, and if so, when will we leave? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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