Opinion

When Hope Dies, Action Begins

David Lambert / Resilience Mar 3, 2024 The case for beating our addiction to “toxic hope.” Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Poor People’s Campaign Remains Rich in Hope: Profiles of the Optimistic (Photo Essay)

Michael Nigro and Clara Romeo / Truthdig Jun 29, 2018 Despite hailing from historically marginalized and impoverished communities, members of the movement have faith they will prevail against poverty. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

For an American Abroad, It’s Been a Very Taxing Year

Eden Collinsworth / Truthdig Apr 14, 2018 I come back to pay my taxes every year. Since last April 15, I've watched mass shootings, moral collapse—and at last a ray of hope. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

America Needs a Radical Dr. King, Not a New Obama

Paul Street / CounterPunch Jan 22, 2018 The real Martin Luther King—not a sanitized version—was a democratic socialist who believed the U.S. had to reconstruct its whole system. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Politics

Nothing to Lose but Our Chains

By Mark Karlin / Truthout Dec 15, 2017 Henry A. Giroux explains how to resist Donald Trump's neofascism and develop a road map for radical transformation. Dig deeper ( 20 Min. Read )

Hope

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Ours Is a Hope of Action

Staff / Truthdig Nov 15, 2016 In the movement for equality, justice and peace, we smile at trouble and gather strength from distress. We grow brave by reflection and do not shrink. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Learning to Claim Our Victories

By Rebecca Gordon / TomDispatch Oct 19, 2016 Why am I feeling hopeful right now? An 11-year-old recording of the presidential nominee bragging about grabbing women “by the pussy” seems to have brought us to Peak Trump, sending even stalwart GOP leaders fleeing. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Hope Still Has Power, Even in This Gut-Wrenching Election Year

Staff / Truthdig Aug 4, 2016 Hope about American politics is hard to come by. But because cynicism and despair are among democracy’s worst enemies, let some of the year's progressive victories stir us to work harder than ever to make our democracy real for all Americans. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The 1 Percent’s Useful Idiots

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jul 27, 2016 Bernie Sanders, by capitulating to the corporate machine, sold us out. By calling on us to accept “reality,” he mocked the reality his followers made possible. We will have to carry out the political revolution on our own. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

This Fourth of July Let’s Choose Patriotism That Stands for Inclusion Over Exclusion, Hope Over Fear

Robert Reich / Truthdig Jun 29, 2016 We hear a lot about patriotism, especially around the Fourth of July. But in 2016 we’re hearing about two very different types of patriotism. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )