The United States of Free Speech, Violence and Hypocrisy

Sam Husseini Aug 21, 2017 Pretexts and posturing run throughout the public discourse, dominated by partisan apparatchiks around both Trump and the Democrats. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Three Ways the Trump Administration Has Downplayed White Supremacy

By Will Carless / Reveal Aug 16, 2017 In the weeks leading up to Charlottesville, the Trump administration often diluted the real threat of violence committed by white supremacists. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Has America No Sense of Decency?

By Neal Gabler / Moyers & Company May 13, 2017 If we are now a failed country, it is not because we have a failed presidency, although we do. It is because we are a failed people. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

From Bill Maher to Sigmund Freud: A Very Unfunny Look at the Enduring Politics of Hate

Bill Blum / Truthdig May 8, 2017 Freud’s insights—from his writings and exchanges with Albert Einstein more than eight decades ago—offer a crucial perspective into America’s current political crisis. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

It’s Worse Than You Think

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Nov 12, 2016 The election of Donald Trump, whose appeal to voters is based on magical thinking, paves the way for the rise of a police state unlike anything seen in American history. Its fangs will appear the moment Trump’s base realizes it has been betrayed. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Xenophobia and Hate Exacerbate the Plight of Refugees Around the World

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Sep 22, 2016 According to Oxfam, the six wealthiest countries—the United States, China, Japan, Germany, France and the United Kingdom—"host less than 9 percent of the world's refugees." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Europeans Kick Out Syrian Children

Jeff Danziger / Truthdig May 10, 2016 Dig deeper

Blowing the Biggest Political Story of the Last 50 Years

By Neal Gabler / Moyers & Company Mar 13, 2016 The shocking story isn't the rise of Donald Trump but how the GOP slowly morphed into a party of hate and obstruction. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Poll Shows Almost 20 Percent of Trump Supporters Disapprove of Lincoln Freeing the Slaves

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Feb 25, 2016 Just when it seemed as if things couldn't get any worse. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Protester Says He Overheard Trump Supporters Saying, ‘Kill All Muslims’

Staff / Truthdig Feb 24, 2016 In November, Donald Trump mocked as “overweight” a man whom security agents threw out of one of the presidential candidate's rallies. But it was the violent xenophobia the man heard before the rally that really disturbed him. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hate Plus Guns

Steve Sack, The Minneapolis Star Tribune, Cagle Cartoons Jun 25, 2015 Dig deeper

‘Left, Right & Center’: Gay Marriage, Islam, Leon Panetta and Malala Yousafzai

Staff / Truthdig Oct 11, 2014 Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists discuss the Supreme Court's effective approval of gay marriage in numerous states, Bill Maher's debate over whether Islam is a violent religion, and Leon Panetta's hastily published memoir. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )