Vladimir Putin Immortalized in Herculean Fan Art

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Oct 8, 2014 Russian President Vladimir Putin certainly knows his best angles and how to play to the camera, and he's staged many spectacles that stretch the outer limits of credulity in a series of memorable photo-ops since the global spotlight was first trained on him. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Jeb Bush’s Optimism School

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Apr 17, 2014 The Republican Party faces a long-term challenge in presidential elections because it is defining itself as a gloomy enclave, a collection of pessimists who fear what our country is becoming and where it is going. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Year Six of Hope and Change

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jan 21, 2014 It was a bittersweet briefing that told us exactly where the Obama administration finds itself at the dawn of its sixth year. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Losing Heart

Angel Boligan, Cagle Cartoons, El Universal, Mexico City Jan 14, 2014 Dig deeper

The Arc of Justice and the Long Run

By Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch Dec 23, 2013 Sometimes cause and effect are centuries apart; sometimes Martin Luther King’s arc of the moral universe that bends toward justice is so long few see its curve; sometimes hope lies not in looking forward but backward to study the line of that arc. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Hope in the Age of Looming Authoritarianism

By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout Dec 5, 2013 The relentless activity of thoughtlessness -- worship of celebrity culture, a cravenly mainstream media, instrumentalism, militarism or free-roaming individualism -- undermines crucial social bonds and expands the alleged virtue of believing that thinking is a burden. Dig deeper ( 26 Min. Read )

Hope in a Time of Permanent War

By Henry A Giroux, Truthout Sep 6, 2013 How might it be possible to imagine hope for a better world for humanity in a country that has sanctioned state torture, is about to bomb Syria and kill untold numbers of civilians, spies on its own citizens, extends the reach of the punishing state into all aspects of society, and inflicts violence on black and brown youths through racial profiling and the machinery of the mass incarceration state? Dig deeper ( 17 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges: ‘The Horror, the Horror’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 26, 2013 In the final installment of Chris Hedges' appearance on "Reality Asserts Itself" with Real News Network senior editor Paul Jay, viewers ask the Truthdig columnist questions, including about the American public's complicity in the crimes of empire, if there's any hope for Bradley Manning and whether the U.S. or Israel will attack Iran.In the final installment of his appearance on "Reality Asserts Itself," the Truthdig columnist took questions from viewers, including about the American public's complicity in the crimes of empire. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

How America Became a Third World Country: 2013-2023

By Mattea Kramer and Jo Comerford, TomDispatch May 22, 2013 The streets are much darker now, since money for streetlights is rarely available to municipal governments. The national parks began closing down years ago. Reports on bridges crumbling or even collapsing are commonplace. It’s 2023 -- and this is America 10 years after the first across-the-board federal budget cuts known as sequestration went into effect. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Too Soon to Tell: The Case for Hope, Continued

By Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch May 21, 2013 If you take the long view, you’ll see how startlingly, how unexpectedly but regularly things change. Not by magic, but by the incremental effect of countless acts of courage, love and commitment, the small drops that wear away stones and carve new landscapes, and sometimes by torrents of popular will that change the world suddenly. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

State of the Nation

Jeremy Nell, Cagle Cartoons, The New Age, South Africa Feb 25, 2013 Dig deeper

The Best Hope

Larry Wright, Cagle Cartoons Dec 28, 2012 Dig deeper