California Parents of 13 Plead Guilty to Torture and Abuse

AMY TAXIN / The Associated Press Feb 22, 2019 David and Louise Turpin will spend at least 25 years in prison each. The children had described being beaten, starved and put in cages. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

American History for Truthdiggers: From Isolationism to a 2nd World Conflagration

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Jan 12, 2019 Global events and FDR whittled down 1930s opposition to intervention in Europe and steered the nation into World War II. Dig deeper ( 29 Min. Read )

Trade Wars and Diminished Credibility

Nomi Prins / Truthdig Mar 10, 2018 The U.S. remains in a precarious economic situation, as does the world. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Prison Rights Advocates on Isolation: ‘This Is Torture’ (Video)

Staff and Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jan 23, 2018 Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges meets with ex-prisoner Ojore Lutalo and rights advocate Bonnie Kerness to discuss abuse in U.S. penitentiaries. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Denormalizing Hate

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Jan 15, 2018 America's underlying moral sickness has spread with the immigration debate. Generous, fair and flexible policy is the antidote. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Angela Merkel: A Selfish and Isolationist America Isn’t ‘Great Again’

Juan Cole / Truthdig Aug 24, 2017 In an interview with a German newspaper, the chancellor took on Donald Trump’s philosophy directly. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

What Does an ‘America-First’ Foreign Policy Actually Mean?

By William J. Astore / TomDispatch Apr 15, 2017 Donald Trump's talk of finally winning again is a recipe for prolonging wars guaranteed to create more chaos and failed states in the Middle East, and possibly beyond. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

‘An Affront to Our Humanity’: Obama Bans Solitary for Children

By Nadia Prupis / Common Dreams Jan 26, 2016 In an op-ed for The Washington Post, the president outlined new measures to curb the use of isolation in federal prisons. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Alcatraz: A Prison as Disneyland

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Dec 1, 2014 The Alcatraz tourism site is the equivalent of using one of Stalin’s gulags as a prison-themed amusement park. It is a vehicle for peddling delusional myths about mass incarceration and the criminal justice system. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

The Purpose of Argument Online

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 23, 2014 The "public face of social liberalism" is synonymous with "an endless list of things that you can't do or say or think, and with the constant threat of being called an existentially bad person if you say the wrong thing," journalist Freddie deBoer writes. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Americans’ Isolationist Instincts Are Sound

William Pfaff / Truthdig Jan 8, 2014 The Washington Post and the International New York Times had the same front-page headlines today. Both had to do (as the Times put it) with the "Power Void" in the Mideast, deploring that America's decade of attempting to create a new order in the region now is blowing up in its face. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Always and Everywhere

By Andrew J. Bacevich, TomDispatch Oct 25, 2013 The abiding defect of U.S. foreign policy? It’s isolationism, my friend: fostering war, impeding the spread of democracy and inhibiting trade and prosperity. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )