The Age of Radical Evil

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Oct 14, 2019 All life, including our own, has become expendable, sacrificed on the altar of profit in a culture of death. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

The Con of Diversity

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Jul 8, 2018 Racial diversity in the hands of the ruling elites—political and corporate—is a tool for preserving white privilege, wealth and power. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

The Cost of Resistance

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Nov 5, 2017 To stand against power requires us to embrace virtues that are an anathema to mass culture and today’s politics. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Eulogy for a Friend

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Aug 24, 2015 The Rev Terry Burke stood with the suffering, ministering to them over three decades and going to jail for his protests on behalf of fired workers and against the corporations that are destroying the ecosystem Terry Burke (above) stood with the suffering, ministering to them over three decades and going to jail for his protests on behalf of fired workers and against the corporations that are destroying the ecosystem. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Ordained to Write

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Oct 13, 2014 Three decades ago Chris Hedges sought to become a minister and report the war in El Salvador A church committee refused to see his work as a journalist as a valid call to the ministry On Oct 5 his ordination -- marked by addresses from James Cone (above) and Cornel West -- finally took place Three decades ago Chris Hedges sought to become a minister and report the war in El Salvador A church committee refused to see his work as a valid call to the ministry 5 his ordination finally took place (Above, ordination speaker James Cone). Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

James Cone’s Gospel of the Penniless, Jobless, Marginalized and Despised

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Jan 9, 2012 The true power of the Christian gospel is its unambiguous call for liberation from forces of oppression and for a fierce and uncompromising condemnation of all who oppress. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Jesus Was Lynched

Mel White / Truthdig Dec 24, 2011 According to James H. Cone's “The Cross and the Lynching Tree,” Jesus was crucified by the same principalities and powers that lynched almost 5,000 black people in this country. The lynching tree is the cross in America. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )