Yes, Our Health System Is Broken, but Broken Systems Can Be Fixed

By Bill Moyers / Moyers and Company Jul 31, 2017 Watching the failure of another GOP effort to deprive millions of their medical care, I recalled a very different scenario under then-President Lyndon B. Johnson. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Two Accomplished Actors—and a Cute Dog—Elevate ‘Truman’

Jordan Riefe / Truthdig Apr 14, 2017 Ricardo Darin and Javier Camara shine in Cesc Gay's film about imminent death and old friends getting together for the last time. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Our ‘Merciful’ Ending to the ‘Good War’

By Christian Appy, TomDispatch Aug 5, 2015 Perhaps it’s time, so many decades into the age of apocalyptic peril, to review the American apologia for nuclear weapons -- the argument in their defense -- that ensured we would never have to say we're sorry. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed

Paul Von Blum / Truthdig Feb 6, 2015 In 1946 Paul Robeson told President Truman that if the government refused to defend its black citizens, blacks would have to defend themselves. A new book, and history, reveal why Robeson’s words were so tragically prophetic. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Immigration: Presidents Have the Power, but Does Obama Have the Guts?

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Nov 19, 2014 Protecting immigrants from deportation, permitting them to come out of the shadows, is the right thing to do. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

What Obama Really Meant Was …

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jan 20, 2014 The president’s refusal to halt the evisceration of our most basic civil liberties was masked by lies about reform and the intentions of the corporate state Here's what he would have said if he had told the truthHis refusal to halt the evisceration of our civil liberties was masked by lies about reform and the corporate state's intentions. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Why Girls Mature Faster Than Boys

Staff / Truthdig Dec 25, 2013 Researchers have found brain connectivity occurs earlier in females, which may account for a difference in maturity between the genders; Frank Capra's classic "It's a Wonderful Life" was considered communist propaganda; meanwhile, it's time to heed President Truman's warning and limit the CIA. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

War Power Abuse Makes Iran Conflict More Likely

By Thomas Hedges, Center for Study of Responsive Law Oct 1, 2012 A congressman, two retired military officials and a former deputy attorney general denounced President Barack Obama at a recent news conference for overstepping his authority in wartime and warned that unless war powers are restored to Congress the country could soon be involved in a battle with Iran and its allies.Officials say Obama overstepped his wartime authority and warn that unless war powers are restored to Congress, the U.S. could soon see a multinational battle. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Give ’Em Hell Barry

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig May 28, 2012 Progressives have yearned for President Obama to follow Harry Truman's strategy from the 1948 campaign by giving his Republican opponents hell. Now that Obama is doing just that, his critics say he's not looking presidential.As a longtime advocate of the Truman approach, I think President Obama is doing the right thing. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Human Rights Watch Says Obama Will Go Down in History—and Not in a Good Way

Staff / Truthdig Dec 15, 2011 President Obama's decision to not veto the defense authorization bill, which "would codify indefinite detention without trial into U.S. law for the first time since the McCarthy era," is a "historic tragedy," Human Rights Watch said Wednesday. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

65 Years After Hiroshima: Truman’s Choices

Stanley Kutler / Truthdig Aug 6, 2010 Today, it is common wisdom that President Truman had only two simple, stark choices: to use the bomb or invade and suffer a “million” casualties. There was, however, an alternative.It's believed that President Truman had only two choices: to use the bomb or invade and suffer a “million” casualties. There was an alternative. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Michael Moore to Obama: ‘Say It Isn’t So’

Staff / Truthdig Dec 1, 2009 On the eve of President Obama's speech at West Point, one of his more media-savvy supporters, filmmaker Michael Moore, sent out a pre-emptive missive to the would-be "new war president," predicting the fallout that Obama will face if he follows through with his reported plan to send 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )