Henry Giroux / SalonDec 5, 2017
In one year, the Donald Trump regime has wrought immense damage to democracy, culture and thought. But there’s new hope. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / TruthdigOct 29, 2017
The barrage of lies from demagogues such as Donald Trump creates profound cognitive dissonance among the population that ends in a nationwide collective mental illness. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 4, 2017
In a U.K. commencement speech, the author urges grads to "confront the poisonous authoritarianism that is emerging in many countries today." (Pictured, an anti-Trump march in London.) Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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By Henry Giroux / TruthoutMay 17, 2017
The undeniable truth is that Trump is the product of an authoritarian movement and ideology with fascist overtones. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges / TruthdigJan 30, 2017
The barrage of lies from demagogues such as Donald Trump creates profound cognitive dissonance among the population that ends in a nationwide collective mental illness. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges / TruthdigSep 5, 2016
The late political philosopher Sheldon Wolin explicated the mechanisms of control and manipulation used by the powerful But those who most need to read his work have been left in darkness by an academy that has turned its back on the oppressed and caters to the elites (Pictured, Wolin and James Baldwin, right) The late political philosopher Sheldon Wolin explicated the mechanisms of control and manipulation used by the powerful). Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges / TruthdigAug 9, 2016
College-educated elites, on behalf of corporations, carried out the savage neoliberal assault on the working poor. Now these elites are being made to pay. Their duplicity has brought them—and the rest of us—Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges / TruthdigJun 29, 2015
Communal activities, from attendance at sporting events to civic organizations, have plummeted. We are isolated and have become hapless victims of corporate propaganda. We must reconnect to resist. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigJun 24, 2015
What compels a rebel to follow a path that, as history shows, almost always puts that person in mortal danger? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges / TruthdigMay 25, 2015
Our corporate masters know that our obsession with hope—the irrational belief we are headed toward some glorious future—causes us to ignore reality and remain disempowered. And this is why they peddle the myth of inevitable progress across the cultural and political spectrum. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigMay 22, 2015
Chris Hedges and Robert Scheer continue their conversation for The Real News Network about Scheer's latest book, "They Know Everything About You: How Data-Collecting Corporations and Snooping Government Agencies Are Destroying Democracy." In this segment, they discuss whether there is room for optimism vis-à-vis the surveillance of American citizens and the plunder of personal data by the fused corporate-political state. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )
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