Ticker Tape Ain’t Spaghetti

Amy Goodman / Truthdig May 1, 2008 Food riots are erupting around the world. Behind the hunger, behind the riots, are so-called free-trade agreements, and the brutal emergency-loan agreements imposed on poor countries by financial institutions like the International Monetary Fund. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Happy Earth Day

Tab, The Calgary Sun Apr 22, 2008 Dig deeper

In Utero Inc.

Ellen Goodman / Truthdig Apr 10, 2008 Renting the wombs of poor women in foreign countries has become a business, but is it a good business? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Wal-Mart Videos

Staff / Truthdig Apr 10, 2008 Hillary Clinton has, for obvious reasons, tried to distance herself from her time on the board of Wal-Mart, the Arkansas company that, for many Democratic voters, emblematizes globalization and all those jobs that were shipped overseas that the candidates keep talking about. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Conservatives Beware

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Mar 25, 2008 What's the matter with conservatism? Its problems start with the failure of George W. Bush's presidency but they don't end there. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Cristina Nehring on What’s Wrong With the American Essay

Cristina Nehring / Truthdig Nov 30, 2007 One of our most trenchant critics takes a withering look at how contemporary essayists in a global world have gone increasingly, foolishly, local. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

The Disasters of Border Crossing

Rosa-Linda Fregoso / Truthdig Sep 20, 2007 Cinema, communication and American studies scholar Rosa-Linda Fregoso takes a look at recent exhibitions and installations by the Colectivo Malaleche, a Mexican artists' collective that addresses the plight of women, migrants and other vulnerable groups through their work. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Bill Maher on Bargain Karma

Staff / Truthdig Aug 27, 2007 The "Real Time" host takes on Mother Teresa's doubts, Obama's "blackness" and the high cost of low morals in our bargain-crazed culture: "Let's have a war and cut taxes, what could go wrong? Let's give mortgages to the homeless. Sounds like a plan! Let's buy toys from a communist police state, you just know they'll put in a little extra love." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Paging Ralph Nader

Staff / Truthdig Aug 15, 2007 With the news that Nokia is recalling millions of batteries, on top of the ongoing exploding laptop problem, and Chinese-made products ranging from toothpaste to Barbies sounding alarm bells, we can't help but feel the absence of America's greatest consumer advocate. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Trading Secrets

Amy Goodman / Truthdig May 23, 2007 The Democratic Party leadership is stabbing its base in the back with secret "free trade" deals made behind closed doors with the White House. Now congressional Democrats may be on the verge of a significant split. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Fessing Up to Those Tiny Employees

Staff / Truthdig May 11, 2007 In this satirical news brief, the Onion envisions a world where marketing and exploitation meet. What if clothing companies that depend on abusive labor practices were honest about it? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Super Union’ Merger in the Works

Staff / Truthdig Apr 6, 2007 Britain's biggest union will meet with the United Steel Workers, a North American organization, to discuss the possibility of a merger. The resulting international mega-union would be one of the largest in the world. The head of the British group has previously expressed a desire to form "a single global trade union movement capable of challenging the might of multinationals." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )