White House Might Share Nuclear Power Technology With Saudis

Isaac Arnsdorf / ProPublica Dec 3, 2017 Past negotiations broke down because Saudi Arabia's government wouldn’t commit to certain safeguards against eventually using the technology for weapons. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Reagan Documents Shed Light on U.S. ‘Meddling’

By Robert Parry / Consortiumnews Sep 29, 2017 Recently declassified material shows how the U.S. manipulated foreign governments through ostensibly well-meaning organizations. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Oliver Stone: ‘Reagan Played Footsie With Saddam Hussein’ (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Aug 6, 2017 The film director discusses the Iran-Contra affair and Ronald Reagan's political maneuverings in the Middle East. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Robert Parry Wins 2017 Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism

By John Pilger Jun 28, 2017 The veteran investigative reporter and founder of Consortiumnews.com is honored for a career of truth-telling and dissidence. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

We Must Know the Truth

Staff / Truthdig Feb 15, 2017 An independent, bipartisan commission should investigate Russia’s ties to Donald Trump and his associates. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Myth of the Free Press

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Oct 27, 2014 The mass media set the parameters of acceptable debate. Cross those parameters, as the investigative journalist Gary Webb did, and you are turned into a pariah. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

How Reagan Neocon Aides Planted the Seeds of Iran-Contra

Staff / Truthdig Feb 24, 2013 Newly released documents show that the U.S. endorsed a third-party deal to send weapons to Iran just six months after the hostage crisis ended there, a move that helped plant the seeds for the later Iran-Contra scandal. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

We’re Paying Congress for This?

Stanley Kutler / Truthdig Mar 28, 2009 Congress’ work has often offered us transparency and has usually led to useful, progressive legislation. And now comes Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank’s choreographed extravaganza in the House of Representatives, supported by an echoing committee, with sound bites worthy of a night in the Borscht Belt. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Bush’s 11th-Hour Bid for Secrecy

Stanley Kutler / Truthdig Nov 30, 2008 The times are unprecedented. Not since 1861 have we watched the last gasps of an outgoing administration with such anxiety. Then the nation was concerned with drift and inertia; now we watch for further ideological mischief. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The GOP’s Reaganesque Tall Tales

Joe Conason / Truthdig May 10, 2007 Sensing their own smallness, contemporary politicians often seek to puff themselves up by appealing to myth and legend. For Republicans, there is no mythology more appealing than that of Ronald Wilson Reagan, as the party's presidential candidates eagerly demonstrated during their May 3 debate in the library that bears his name. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )