Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigOct 10, 2014
The recent television kerfuffle involving "Real Time" host Bill Maher and guest Sam Harris over whether Muslims are bad people because their religion is, in the words of Harris, "the mother lode of bad ideas," is symbolic of the new American Islamophobia. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigOct 7, 2014
Bravo to Ben Affleck and Nicholas Kristof for telling Bill Maher off about his chronic case of Muslim-hating bigotry. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges / TruthdigOct 6, 2014
The government campaign to imprison the few activist attorneys who defend those defined as America’s enemies is exemplified by the persecution of Stanley L. Cohen. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
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Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigOct 4, 2014
Just days after religious scholar Reza Aslan criticized him on CNN for his views on Islam, comedian Bill Maher decided to defend them, this time with actor Ben Affleck. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges / TruthdigSep 29, 2014
Waging endless war in the Middle East means not only turning old enemies into allies but exposing our inability to free ourselves from the mechanisms of violence and collapse. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigApr 18, 2013
Between about 1 pm and 2:40 p Eastern time Wednesday, the CNN news team was at the worst I've ever seen it . Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigSep 26, 2012
A look at the day's political happenings, including the real percentage of Americans who receive financial help from the federal government and the Massachusetts Senate race between Republican Scott Brown and Democrat Elizabeth Warren gets nasty. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigSep 25, 2012
Comedian Bill Maher puts himself in the company of “9/11 liberals” who believe that Islam as a religion is different and decidedly worse than all other religions. He said Friday that "at least half of all Muslims believe it is all right to kill someone who insults the Prophet." Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigAug 3, 2012
A look at the day's political happenings, including Reid challenging Romney's tax records and two Republican congressional candidates competing to see which one is more intolerant. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 22, 2012
The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research has long had its finger on the pulse of mainstream issues that have united the GOP. But recently it firmly planted its feet on the other side of the line that divides the sensible Republican Party from fringe extremists. Above, blogger and Islam critic Robert Spencer. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
David Sirota / TruthdigJan 20, 2012
The Texan's candidacy is showing that the conventional definition of intolerable bigotry is disturbingly narrow -- and embarrassingly selective. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 14, 2011
Hip-hop impresario and yogaphile Russell Simmons is publicly shaming Lowe's with some help from his amassed fortune after the home-improvement megastore pulled its ads from the "All-American Muslim" reality show. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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