Glen Ford / Black Agenda ReportJan 26, 2018
Top Democrats in Congress have turned the effort to protect immigrants into an excuse to funnel additional billions to the Pentagon. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJul 31, 2013
A look at the day's political happenings, including the intensifying feud between Chris Christie and Rand Paul and why GOP officials are upset over Liz Cheney's decision to run for Senate in Wyoming. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Robert Reich / TruthdigJun 9, 2013
Conservative Republicans in our nation’s capital have managed to accomplish something they only dreamed of when tea partyers streamed into Congress at the start of 2011: They’ve basically shut Congress down. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Robert Reich / TruthdigMar 14, 2013
The biggest problems we face are unemployment, stagnant wages, slow growth and widening inequality -- not deficits. The major goal must be to get jobs and wages back, not balance the budget. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Robert Reich / TruthdigMar 11, 2013
Republicans lost the election but they still shape what’s debated in Washington -- the federal budget deficit and so-called fiscal responsibility. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 24, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI claims that, thanks to a sixth-century monk's mistake, the most commonly used calendar is off by several years; topless feminists disguised as nuns protest anti-gay marriage in Paris; meanwhile, mainstream media pile on the same cliches about Israel and Palestine we've been hearing for 40 years. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 19, 2012
The president and Congress reaching a "grand bargain" would mean significant cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid; some Republican senators believe Obama is using a Cold War-era mind-control technique on American citizens; meanwhile, millions showed up to the largest coordinated strike Europe has ever seen. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Ralph NaderNov 15, 2012
Congress is still talking about a “Grand Bargain” that “balances” far more spending cuts than tax increases. That is another way of saying that you – the consumer of Medicare and Medicaid services, the recipient of Social Security, and the average taxpayer -- will take the brunt of the spending cuts. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigNov 8, 2012
What will Democrats do with their big election victory? If history is any indication, they’ll do just what they've done in years past: declare their opposition to budget cuts before embarking on a campaign of capitulation to the demands of their corporate backers, Glenn Greenwald says. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 27, 2011
In the mind of New York Times wise man David Brooks, President Obama and the congressmen he's negotiating with are equally to blame for the diplomatic trip and fall in last week's federal deficit talks. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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