Paul Volcker’s Long Shadow

Ellen Brown / Truthdig Dec 11, 2019 The former Fed chairman’s obituaries leave out how his policies devastated lives in the 1980s and underwrote the 2008 financial crisis. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Hillary Clinton Spoils the Party

Jacob Bacharach / Truthdig Oct 25, 2019 In smearing Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, the former presidential candidate has cast a pall over the primary and revealed how small she truly is. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Pity the Kurds

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Oct 21, 2019 Donald Trump’s betrayal of our allies in northern Syria is part of a pattern by nation-states that have used the Kurds and abandoned them. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Noam Chomsky: The Real Election Meddling Isn’t Coming From Russia

Alan MacLeod / FAIR Jun 20, 2019 The philosopher and linguist reflects on his seminal work, "Manufacturing Consent," and the sinister new ways we are sold to advertisers. Dig deeper ( 21 Min. Read )

American History for Truthdiggers: Nixon’s Dark Legacy

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig May 18, 2019 The president who arguably was the most corrupt in U.S. history lost the Watergate battle but won in his bid to lock U.S. politics on a rightward course. Dig deeper ( 19 Min. Read )

Are the Days of U.S. Hegemony Finally Numbered?

Sharmini Peries / The Real News Network May 8, 2019 A burgeoning alliance between China and Russia threatens to upend the global order, University of Kent professor Richard Sakwa argues. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

American History for Truthdiggers: Vietnam, a U.S. Tragedy

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Apr 20, 2019 Our military intervention there in the 1960s and ’70s cost 58,000 U.S. lives and created a gash in our nation's psyche that never healed. Dig deeper ( 27 Min. Read )

Democrats’ Russiagate Fixation Has Obscured Trump’s True Crimes

Paul Jay / The Real News Network Mar 26, 2019 Author Gerald Horne and FAIR's Jeff Cohen dissect the findings of the Mueller report and their possible ramifications at home and abroad. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Everyone Has Fallen for the Lies About Venezuela

Lee Camp / Truthdig Feb 19, 2019 Why does the official storyline now being used to justify a U.S.-backed coup in the South American country sound so familiar? Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

The Liberal Rehabilitation of George W. Bush Is Complete

Jacob Bacharach / Truthdig Sep 14, 2018 The #Resistance has welcomed to the fight against Trump the most disastrous president since Buchanan. It’s only deluding itself. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The American Sea of Deception

Paul Street / Truthdig Aug 5, 2018 Presidential lies are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to a political, media, intellectual and educational culture that has long been drenched in propagandistic lies. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

America’s Regime Change Toolbox

Barbara Koeppel / Truthdig Jun 29, 2018 Mainstream voices never mention that regime change pushed by one country against another is illegal. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )