Trump Extends China Tariff Deadline, Cites Progress in Talks

PAUL WISEMAN AND CATHERINE LUCEY / The Associated Press Feb 24, 2019 The president tweets that there have been "productive talks" over the weekend on some of the tough issues dividing the U.S. and China. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Becoming Serfs

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Aug 26, 2018 The global rich have demolished institutions that once protected the working class and dismantled our democracy to orchestrate the largest transfer of wealth upward in over a century. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

China Approves 13 Ivanka Trump Trademarks in 3 Months

ERIKA KINETZ / The Associated Press May 28, 2018 The first daughter's company continues to win foreign trademarks in China and the Philippines, adding to questions about conflicts of interest at the White House. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

U.S. Will Pay the Price for Ignorance in Trade War With China

Eden Collinsworth / Truthdig Apr 17, 2018 Donald Trump's lack of understanding about Chinese culture—and the need to save face at all costs—increases economic risk for America. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Xi Jinping Offers U.S. Possible Trade Concessions

JOE McDONALD and GILLIAN WONG / The Associated Press Apr 10, 2018 China's president promises to cut auto tariffs and make other concessions aimed at defusing a dispute with Washington that investors fear could harm the global economic recovery. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

TPP Is ‘Fundamentally Flawed’ and Should Be Resisted, Says U.N. Human Rights Expert

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Feb 3, 2016 Alfred de Zayas, the United Nation's independent expert on the promotion of democratic and equitable international order, said the Trans-Pacific Partnership "is fundamentally flawed and should not be signed or ratified unless provision is made to guarantee the regulatory space of [s]tates." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

TPP Chapter Released by WikiLeaks Would Let Governments Curtail Trials So as to Contain Information

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 10, 2015 What WikiLeaks claims to be the full intellectual property chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership appears to give countries greater power to stop sensitive information from going public. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Newest Phenomenon in Israeli Politics

Staff / Truthdig Jan 16, 2013 Naftali Bennett, a "forty-year-old settlement leader, software entrepreneur, and ex-Army commando," is the face of Israel's new religious right, and he's ready to give Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a run for his money; a woman stole a train in Sweden and crashed it into an apartment building; meanwhile, although Jodie Foster's coming out speech certainly made a statement, some LGBT activists argue she should have done so sooner. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Google’s Many Changes

Staff / Truthdig Sep 26, 2011 With the simple dictum "don't be evil" as its motto, the Internet software giant Google -- which ranked as the third-highest lobbying spender in the tech industry in 2010 -- wages an aggressive image and relations campaign with an international public, and its strategy is evolving. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Danny Goldberg on the Digital Music Revolution

BLANK Jun 26, 2009 Is there a social consequence to the increasing numbers of consumers who expect to get information and entertainment for nothing? Can there be too much of a good thing? "Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age” by Steve Knopper provides a useful autopsy. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Pirate Bay Founders Get Jail Time

Staff / Truthdig Apr 17, 2009 While not to be confused with piracy on the high seas, a Swedish court has ordered that the four founders of The Pirate Bay, the most renowned file-sharing Web site on the Internet, should be jailed for one year after being found guilty of breaking copyright law. All this for a site that provides user-submitted links to media, not storage of the media itself. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )