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 )

America’s Southern Strategy Bamboozle

Teodrose Fikre / Ghion Journal Apr 20, 2018 Self-induced political apartheid keeps us from seeing how the system is gaming us. Dig deeper ( 6 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 )

From Identity Politics to Academic Masturbation

Julian Vigo / Truthdig Mar 28, 2018 How did we arrive at this moment where university learning means parroting incoherent political rhetoric? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Bankruptcy of the American Left

Chris Hedges / Truthdig and Mr. Fish Feb 5, 2018 As long as liberals allow themselves to be divided by identity politics and the culture wars, they will be under the heel of a rapacious corporate capitalism. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Only God Knows What Michelle Bachmann Should Do Next

Staff / Truthdig and Larry Gross Jan 8, 2018 The former congresswoman is considering running for Al Franken's Senate seat, but not without asking a specific higher-up whether she should. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Samantha Bee: Democrats, Don’t Let Panic Make You Abandon Principles or the People Who Voted for You

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Dec 13, 2016 The "Full Frontal" host thinks that the Democratic Party should "invite working-class white people to the party," but it shouldn't necessarily try to do so by following the Republican Party's lead. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

George Carlin’s Daughter Calls for a Second Look at ‘Political Correctness’

Staff / Truthdig Aug 10, 2016 "We can pretend that [political correctness will] make a better world because we’ll all be pleasant with each other, but if you don’t know about the Nazis and who they are, then they become the hidden enemy," says Kelly Carlin (shown), daughter of the late comedian. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

AUDIO: Henry Giroux: Liberalism Fails Against Racism, Inequality and State Terrorism

By Eric Poulin, Truthout May 20, 2015 In two far-reaching interviews on the "Soap Box" with Eric Poulin, the social philosopher Henry Giroux defines establishment liberals by their persistent failure to address the obvious -- that capitalism and democracy are not the same thing. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Tariq Ali: The Time Is Right for a Palace Revolution

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Mar 2, 2015 One of our most trenchant critics of corporate capitalism deplores the rise of an "extreme center" that has seized control of the political process and wages endless war while doing the bidding of global corporations Our only hope, he says, is revolt One of our most trenchant critics of corporate capitalism deplores the rise of an "extreme center" that has seized control of the political process and does the bidding of corporations . Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

‘Don’t You Dare Tell Me to Check My Privilege’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 29, 2014 In a February essay, British columnist Julie Burchill takes aim at the "rainbow coalition of cranks and charlatans" that made "class guilt, sexual kinks, personal prejudice and repressed lust for power" what "modern, non-working-class left-wing politics is about." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Identity Crisis

Bill Schorr, Cagle Cartoons Mar 2, 2014 Dig deeper