The Tired Trope of Blaming Trump on ‘Liberal Smugness’

Reed Richardson / FAIR May 23, 2018 Corporate media have given platforms to those who claim, with little to no firm evidence, that Donald Trump’s election is the fault of political correctness. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Documents Reveal Right-Wing Plan to Strike Public Unions With ‘Mortal Blow’

Andrea Germanos Sep 4, 2017 The State Policy Network, made up of 66 think tanks, aims to "defund and defang" unions to kill progressive political efforts nationwide. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Donald Trump’s Meaner America

By Robert Reich / RobertReich.org May 28, 2017 Licensed by the new president, Americans now say and do things to people they disagree with that previously were unthinkable. Take Greg Gianforte as an example. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Daniel Jones, the Senate’s Chief Investigator Into Torture by the CIA

BLANK Sep 18, 2016 Jones—who became a target of the CIA because he searched for the truth—this week spoke out for the first time. He has been a key force in the disclosure of a scandal that one senator compared to Watergate. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Water Departments to Change Lead-Testing Methods After Investigators Find ‘Cheats’ in 33 U.S. Cities

Staff / Truthdig Jun 2, 2016 A Guardian investigation prompted by the toxic water crisis in Flint, Mich., found that administrators in dozens of cities, including Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia and Detroit, cut corners while testing drinking water for dangerous levels of lead. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Millennials Are Paying for ‘the Western World’s Most Stunning Accounting Disaster to Date’

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Mar 7, 2016 A staggering Guardian investigation reveals how, far from being “the most indulged young people in the history of the world," Westerners born in the 1980s and mid-1990s have been betrayed by previous generations that have left them in debt, jobless and locked out of property markets. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Israel Is Delusional If It Thinks Violence Will End During Its Occupation of Palestine

Staff / Truthdig Oct 14, 2015 "The notion that there will ever be quiet and stability in the context of Israel’s ongoing domination of the Palestinians with no diplomatic horizon is a delusion," writes Mairav Zonszein for The Guardian. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

How Bernie Sanders Won Over Iowa and Overtook Hillary Clinton in the Polls

Staff / Truthdig Sep 22, 2015 Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has shocked many with his recent success in Iowa, but maybe we shouldn't be so surprised; media coverage of the U.K.’s Jeremy Corbyn has revealed The Guardian's true colors; meanwhile, the IMF is telling Israel to stop spending so much money on defense. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Can Bernie Sanders Beat Hillary Clinton in Iowa?

Staff / Truthdig Sep 5, 2015 A late-summer poll shows that the Vermont senator is gaining fast on Clinton in Iowa, and Sanders enthusiasts see evidence that he has appeal “beyond the liberal coasts and union strongholds." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Inside the Mind of Bernie Sanders

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 19, 2015 After speaking to almost a dozen of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ closest “friends, family, confidantes and operatives,” The Guardian offers a portrait of “a politician who has spent a lifetime obsessed with the same issues that still drive him today, and is now wrestling with the demands of a 2016 presidential race.” Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Number of People Killed by Police in U.S. Set to Exceed 1,000 in 2015

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 17, 2015 The number of people killed by law enforcement in the U.S. during 2015 reached 500 on Wednesday after two young black men were shot and killed in New York City and Cincinnati. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Aid Worker’s Death Confirmed as Islamic State Tries to ‘Mask a Week of Defeats’

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Nov 17, 2014 American aid worker Peter Kassig is the latest hostage to be slain by Islamic State on video. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )