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From ‘Oppenheimer’ to ‘Repo Man’: Truthdig’s Guide to Nuclear Cinema

Truthdig staff / Truthdig Jul 21, 2023 Surveying eight decades of onscreen atomic anxiety. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Are We Losing Our Divinity?

Louise Rubacky / Truthdig Jun 22, 2018 Marilynne Robinson delivers some provocative but often frustrating writing on humanist education, history, and science versus theology. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Needed Now: A Real and Radical Left

Paul Street / Truthdig May 30, 2018 Despite what we may hear from the media, Republicans and Democrats themselves, the Democratic Party is not "the left" but just another slave to the corporate capitalism that is leading us to destruction. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Starbucks Drama Proves (Again) the Reactionaries Will Be Televised

Teodrose Fikre / Truthdig Apr 21, 2018 Injustice hunting has become the new favorite pastime of Americans instead of addressing the problems at their roots. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Who Gives a Damn About the First Black Woman President?

Teodrose Fikre / The Ghion Journal Apr 16, 2018 We have become a Potemkin society where tokens are put on the stage to represent equality while the vast majority of Americans are economically enslaved. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

What We Can Learn About Human Rights From ‘Wise Fools’

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Mar 12, 2018 To celebrate World Storytelling Day this year, Storytellers for Peace created a video with 10 artists from five continents. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Spirituality in the Trump Era?

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Mar 2, 2018 Compassion and humility, mixed with toughness and resiliency, are excellent weapons for the fight against the president's anti-immigration crusade. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Black History Month From Death Row

Kevin Cooper / Truthdig Jan 31, 2018 The horrible things I suffered in 2004—when California attempted to murder me in its death chamber—should not surprise anyone. Lynchings and executions are a fact of African-American life. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

The Passing of Robert Parry

Blase Bonpane Jan 29, 2018 The editor and publisher of Consortiumnews.com, who died Saturday at age 68, had an unwavering commitment to independent journalism. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

This Is Not the ‘Dream’ Martin Luther King Had

Glen Ford / Black Agenda Report Jan 19, 2018 The majority of congressional Black Caucus members promote the "triple evils" King denounced: racism, extreme materialism and militarism. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Hell Hath No Fury Like Mother Nature Scorned

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Dec 9, 2017 When will humans learn? Nothing is more powerful than the natural world. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

‘Nuclear Weapons Are a Fact of Death, Not Life’

Dennis Kucinich / Truthdig Sep 26, 2017 Former U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich speaks at the U.N. on behalf of the Basel Peace Office, a coalition of international organizations dedicated to eliminating nuclear weapons. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )