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 )

Guns and Liberty

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Mar 25, 2019 U.S. gun owners find a false sense of political power in their firearms, a condition that pleases the controlling elites. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Daniel Ellsberg: The Cold War Was Based on a Lie

Paul Jay / The Real News Network Nov 21, 2018 The famed whistleblower and former RAND corporation employee reflects on a discovery that could have altered the course of history. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The American Sea of Deception

Paul Street / Truthdig Aug 5, 2018 Presidential lies are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to a political, media, intellectual and educational culture that has long been drenched in propagandistic lies. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

The ‘Two Bobbys’: The Short, Complicated Political Life of RFK

Robert Scheer / The Nation Jun 5, 2018 Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer was the last journalist to interview Robert Kennedy moments before the candidate was fatally wounded on this date 50 years ago. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )