Ed Rampell / TruthdigOct 7, 2024
“Daytime Revolution” chronicles John Lennon and Yoko Ono's 1972 takeover — with a little help from their radical friends — of “The Mike Douglas Show.” Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
Maj. Danny Sjursen / TruthdigDec 31, 2019
Behind everyone’s favorite Christmas movie is a story of almost unimaginable pain and suffering. It’s one I've come to know all too well. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Maj. Danny Sjursen / TruthdigJun 28, 2019
Beto O’Rourke aims to rein in the Pentagon with a nationwide “war tax.” It’s a plan that reeks of faux progressivism and policy minimalism. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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Tim Riley / TruthdigDec 23, 2017
A nearsighted new biography of Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner would have us believe that any narcissistic cokehead could have shepherded innovative work by Hunter S. Thompson, Annie Leibovitz and others just by being in the right place at the right time. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
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In this edition of “Scheer Intelligence,” Truthdig Editor Robert Scheer talks with the documentarian about his film. Dig deeper ( 22 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigMar 21, 2013
More than 1,057,000 people have been killed by gun violence in the U.S. since the former Beatle was shot to death, according to the text above a picture that his widow tweeted. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Tim Riley / TruthdigNov 14, 2012
"The John Lennon Letters" collects and reproduces 285 postcards, telegrams, to-do lists and other writings from the former Beatle’s early childhood to Dec. 8, 1980, hours before he was killed. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Mr. Fish / TruthdigAug 5, 2012
The first time Graham Nash made me want to talk back to grown-ups was in the summer of 1977. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 26, 2012
Many would consider being knighted or otherwise honored by England’s royals a dream come true. But more than 200 rebellious Brits have declined or returned the honor, refusing to hand their names and legacies over to rulers seeking to bolster their own dubious reputations. John Lennon and authors Roald Dahl and C.S. Lewis are on that list. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 29, 2011
It's bound to happen, when a movement like Occupy Wall Street takes hold on a national scale, that some famous people in the entertainment business will attach themselves to the cause, and that their bids for legitimacy as self-styled political activists will be met with skepticism, if not worse. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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