With His New Film, Greg Palast Races to Save the 2016 Election Before It’s Stolen (Video)

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Sep 22, 2016 For the investigative journalist, the 2000 election was only the beginning, not exactly serving as a safeguard to ensure that similar trouble—and more—won't happen again. Far from it. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

Donald Trump Economic Adviser John Paulson Took Billions in Auto Industry Bailout

Staff / Truthdig Aug 11, 2016 Investigative reporter Greg Palast tells The Real News Network that Paulson made billions in the mortgage market collapse and by holding the auto industry hostage for taxpayer money. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Why Can’t The Nation and the Left Deal With Election Theft?

Staff / Truthdig Apr 19, 2016 There are two things we all need to know about the upcoming 2016 election. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Chelsea Manning and the Deepwater Horizon Deaths

Greg Palast / Truthdig Apr 19, 2015 Five years ago Monday, 11 men died on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig -- despite Manning’s effort to save their lives Let me explainFive years ago Monday, 11 men died on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig—despite Manning’s effort to save their lives. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trojan Hearse: Greek Elections and the Euro Leper Colony

By Greg Palast, To Xoni Jan 29, 2015 Alexis Tsipras, the leader of Syriza, would like to pretend that austerity and the euro are two different things. Apparently, he's blissfully ignorant of the history of the euro. The horror of austerity is not the consequence of Greek profligacy: It was designed into the euro’s plan from the beginning. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Interstate ‘Crosscheck’ Program Could Strip Millions of the Right to Vote

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 4, 2014 Truthdig contributor and investigative journalist Greg Palast reports that, under the pretense of stopping so-called "voter fraud," 27 states are participating in a program that is being used to prevent Democratic-leaning voters from going to the polls. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Greg Palast: Scotland, Lose the EU and the Pound

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 15, 2014 Investigative reporter and economist Greg Palast sees "two overwhelming and undeniable advantages for Scotland to declare its sovereign independence: to end both Scotland's damaging enchainment to the British pound and the debilitating tyranny of European Union membership." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Greg Palast: BP Poisoned the Gulf to Make Money

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 13, 2014 Truthdig contributor and New York Times best-selling author and investigative journalist Greg Palast appeared on RT's "Breaking the Set" on Wednesday to discuss the "gross negligence" committed by BP and described in a federal judge's Findings of Fact on the circumstances that led to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster that killed 11 men and turned the Gulf of Mexico into a tub of toxic soup. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

BP and the Three Stooges Defense

Greg Palast / Truthdig Sep 11, 2014 Although US District Judge Carl Barbier found BP liable for “gross negligence” last week, some U media failed to mention that he let BP off the hook on punitive damages And that stuns me, given that the record seems to identify enough smoking guns to roast a sizable pigU District Judge Carl Barbier let BP off the hook on punitive damages last week, which stuns me, given that the record seems to identify enough smoking guns to roast a sizable pig . Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Lap Dancers, the CIA, Payoffs and BP’s Deepwater Horizon

Greg Palast / Truthdig Apr 18, 2014 Four years ago this Sunday, the Deepwater Horizon blowout incinerated 11 men and poisoned 600 miles of Gulf coastline. What political fairy dust allows BP to remain virtually immune from the consequences?Four years ago today, the Deepwater Horizon blowout incinerated 11 men and poisoned 600 miles of Gulf coastline. What political fairy dust allows BP to remain virtually immune from the consequences? Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Death Came by Water, Then by Oil

Greg Palast / Truthdig Mar 28, 2014 It was Good Friday, 50 years ago on March 27, 1964, when an earthquake-spurred tsunami wiped out the Chugach village in Chenega, Alaska. Twenty-five years later, as villagers celebrated the rebuilding of their home, a wave of oil from the Exxon Valdez began to move their way.Fifty years ago a tsunami wiped out the Chugach village. Twenty-five years later, as villagers celebrated the rebuilding of their home, another kind of wave headed their way. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

25 Years After Exxon Valdez, BP Was the Hidden Culprit

Greg Palast / Truthdig Mar 24, 2014 Two decades ago I was the investigator for the legal team that sold you the bullshit on the crackup of the Exxon Valdez Now, on the 25th anniversary of that disaster, and four years after the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe, the Obama administration has authorized BP to resume drilling in the Gulf of Mexico -- and it's all set to happen again Now, on the 25th anniversary of that disaster, it's all set to happen again. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )