Economic Justice

Presidential Debates Love To Avoid the Topic of Taxing the Rich

Sam Pizzigati / Inequality.org Sep 16, 2024 Some unasked questions might have helped prevent the last half-century’s massive concentration of income and wealth. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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​Sixty Years After JFK’s Assassination, Oliver Stone Reflects  

Ed Rampell / Truthdig Nov 21, 2023 The director of “JFK” on the Kennedy cover-up, why he was killed, and what the country—and the world—suffered as a result. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

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‘There Was A Coup In This Country In 1963’

Ed Rampell / Truthdig Nov 20, 2023 The new series "Four Died Trying" seeks to expose what—and who—was really behind the sizzling ’60s’ politics of assassination. We sat down with the filmmakers, John Kirby & Libby Handros. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

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Uncovering the Bizarre Story of Lee Harvey Oswald and His Mother

Deanne Stillman / Melville House Nov 17, 2023 What Lee Harvey Oswald tapped into and made his own has taken the country into years of violence. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Everything You Need to Know About the Presidential Primaries

Robert Reich / Truthdig Feb 3, 2020 Unsure how the caucuses work? Unfamiliar with the term "Super Tuesday"? Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich breaks it all down. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Generals’ Long Con on Afghanistan

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Dec 13, 2019 I doubt I’ll ever again trust the assertions and promises of the military's top brass. And I’m not in bad company. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Ghost of Jimmy Hoffa Haunts American Labor

David Scott Witwer / The Conversation Dec 4, 2019 More than 40 years after his disappearance, the labor leader and former Teamsters president continues to capture the public imagination. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Daniel Ellsberg: ‘I Wanted to See the War Ended’

Sharmini Peries / The Real News Network Jun 13, 2019 On the Pentagon Papers' 48th anniversary, the whistleblower reflects on his decision to leak classified information to The New York Times. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

My FOIA Crusade Against a Law-Breaking CIA

Jefferson Morley / Independent Media Institute May 3, 2019 Sixteen years ago, I sought government files related to the assassination of John F. Kennedy. I've been battling the agency ever since. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

The Pentagon Effectively Owns Trump Now

William Astore / TomDispatch May 2, 2019 For all his strongman rhetoric and posturing, the president has proved himself all too eager to do the military industry complex's bidding. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

American History for Truthdiggers: Vietnam, a U.S. Tragedy

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Apr 20, 2019 Our military intervention there in the 1960s and ’70s cost 58,000 U.S. lives and created a gash in our nation's psyche that never healed. Dig deeper ( 27 Min. Read )

American History for Truthdiggers: JFK’s Cold War Chains

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Apr 6, 2019 His obsession with foreign communism blinded him to U.S. domestic needs. It's time for Americans to stop mythologizing a reckless president. Dig deeper ( 32 Min. Read )