Dorothy, Don’t Go Home! Kansas Could Be Worse Than Russia for LGBT Folk

Staff / Truthdig Feb 18, 2014 The Kansas House of Representatives passed an anti-gay segregation bill this week; Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders could start a revolution if he ran as a Green Party presidential candidate; meanwhile, a new "Medici" is funding a journalistic endeavor. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

College Athletes Hope to Find Power in a Union

Staff / Truthdig Jan 31, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Student athletes want more than scholarships for their billion dollar labor, Dr. Jill Stein and Aura Bogado respond to the State of the Union, why the Costco model beats the Walmart model, and arguably the most powerful progressive in the House retires. Dig deeper

College Athletes Look for Power in a Union

Staff / Truthdig Jan 31, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Student athletes want more than scholarships for their billion dollar labor, Dr Jill Stein and Aura Bogado respond to the State of the Union, why the Costco model beats the Walmart model, and arguably the most powerful progressive in the House retires. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Life and Times of Glenn Greenwald

Staff / Truthdig Oct 25, 2013 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: An intimate portrait of new journalism's banner carrier, how the shutdown affected people of color, lying liars and the economics of mendacity, the Green Party responds to the 60 percent of Americans calling for a third party and The Mantle's Shaun Randol on Africa and super-independent publishing. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges: ‘The Horror, the Horror’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 26, 2013 In the final installment of Chris Hedges' appearance on "Reality Asserts Itself" with Real News Network senior editor Paul Jay, viewers ask the Truthdig columnist questions, including about the American public's complicity in the crimes of empire, if there's any hope for Bradley Manning and whether the U.S. or Israel will attack Iran.In the final installment of his appearance on "Reality Asserts Itself," the Truthdig columnist took questions from viewers, including about the American public's complicity in the crimes of empire. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

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Jill Stein and Rocky Anderson Have Their Say

Staff / Truthdig Nov 2, 2012 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: There's an election Tuesday, and we invite the two main alternative candidates to make a case for why we should take a chance on them in an election that is already too close to call. Also: Mo Rocca and Robert Scheer. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Jill Stein Arrested During Keystone XL Pipeline Protest

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Nov 1, 2012 The Green Party candidate was detained by authorities and charged with criminal trespassing Wednesday after she tried to deliver supplies to demonstrators in Texas. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Why I’m Voting Green

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Oct 29, 2012 The November election is not a battle between Republicans and Democrats It is not a battle between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney It is a battle between the corporate state and us. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Binders Full of Women, and Two Women Bound

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Oct 18, 2012 You may have noticed that the Green Party presidential candidate, Dr. Jill Stein, was absent from the "town hall" presidential debate at Hofstra University the other night. That's because she was shackled to a chair in a nearby New York police facility, along with her running mate, Green Party vice president nominee Cheri Honkala. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Green Party Candidates Arrested at Hofstra Debate

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 17, 2012 Green Party candidates Jill Stein and Cheri Honkala were arrested upon attempting to enter the presidential debate site at Hofstra University on Tuesday night, an election event from which they were barred by the Democrat- and Republican-controlled corporation that runs the debates. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Expand the Debate: This Is What Democracy Sounds Like

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Oct 5, 2012 A few miles south of the campus arena in the Mile High City where Barack Obama and Mitt Romney met in their first debate, "Democracy Now!" news hour broke the sound barrier by expanding their gated debate to include two third-party presidential candidates. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )