The Pacific Pivot

By John Feffer, TomDispatch Jan 30, 2014 The administration's much-vaunted pivot looks ever more like a divot -- a swing, a miss, and a hole in the ground rather than anything approaching a hole-in-one. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Happy New Year, Mr. President

Richard Reeves / Truthdig Dec 21, 2013 It's been a rough year for the president, but history will put things in better perspective. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Hawaii Lawmaker Takes Sledgehammer to Homeless People’s Carts

Staff / Truthdig Nov 21, 2013 In the latest act of cruelty toward the disadvantaged, Tom Brower, a Democratic member of Hawaii's House of Representatives, has decided to take homelessness into his own hands by destroying the shopping carts many use to store and transport their worldly possessions. What would Brower say to someone doing the same to his belongings? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Honeymoon State Legalizes Gay Marriage

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Nov 13, 2013 Actually Hawaii is the Aloha State, but every year countless Americans journey to those romantic islands to tie the knot or soak in the postnuptial sun. How fitting, then, that gay couples can finally join their straight neighbors in that pilgrimage. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Occupy UC Davis Pepper-Spray Cop Wants Workers’ Comp

Staff / Truthdig Aug 1, 2013 The policeman who doused a group of protesters sitting peacefully (and later became the subject of myriads of memes), is claiming the event caused him psychological damage; Alex Gibney's documentary about WikiLeaks is chock-full of propaganda meant to discredit Julian Assange; meanwhile, divers in Hawaii cleaned the ocean by hand and filled an 18-wheeler with human debris. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Michael Hudson on Obama, Social Security and Mean Mrs. Thatcher

Staff / Truthdig Apr 15, 2013 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Economist Michael Hudson attacks Obama's proposed cuts. Also on the program: the fight to keep Monsanto from polluting Hawaii's natural wonders, a college degree ain't what it used to be, and a new movie documents the legal showdown over medical marijuana. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ron Paul Denounces NRA Gun Plan, the Top 10 Media Stories of 2012, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Dec 25, 2012 A look at the day's political happenings, including the late Sen. Daniel Inouye's last political wish and the worst pundit predictions of this year. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Debunking NRA Power, Apocalyptic Myths and the Fiscal Cliff

Staff / Truthdig Dec 22, 2012 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The myth of NRA power, the fiscal "obstacle course" and your guide to surviving apocalypses real and imagined. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

An American Story: Daniel Inouye

Richard Reeves / Truthdig Dec 20, 2012 The senator had earlier risen to be Captain Inouye, a Congressional Medal of Honor winner in Italy, losing an arm as he ran ahead of his platoon and personally destroying three German machine gun nests on a steep ridge in San Terenzo. Captain Inouye, a Congressional Medal of Honor winner in Italy, lost an arm as he ran ahead of his platoon and personally destroyed three German machine gun nests on a steep ridge in San Terenzo. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio Ups the Ante in Birther Probe

Staff / Truthdig May 23, 2012 Controversial Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio is escalating his probe into whether Obama was truly born in the United States. Arpaio has sent a deputy from his "Threats Management Unit" and a member of his volunteer posse to Hawaii to investigate the president's birth certificate. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Erase Obama From the Ballot? Arizona Official Says Maybe

Staff / Truthdig May 18, 2012 Despite claiming he does not believe in the birther conspiracy theory, Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett has threatened to keep Obama off the state's general election ballot if he can't verify the president was born in Hawaii. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Supreme Court Has Us Guessing

Staff / Truthdig Mar 30, 2012 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Just like a doctor, the Supreme Court keeps the nation waiting; Trayvon Martin and the law; remembering Adrienne Rich; Hawaiian sovereignty, and a tortured journalist speaks out. Dig deeper