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American History for Truthdiggers: Reconstruction, a Failed Experiment

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Sep 29, 2018 After many thousands of Northerners died in a war aimed in part at freeing the slaves, white America lacked the will to follow through. Dig deeper ( 20 Min. Read )

Donald Trump Is a Test of Our Patriotism

Robert Reich / Truthdig Jun 26, 2018 The president is waging an all-out assault on American democracy. This Fourth of July, we must reaffirm our shared values. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Is Revolution Brewing in the U.S.?

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Dec 14, 2017 According to a new study on inequality and revolutions throughout history, America soon may experience a profound paradigm shift. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Mandela and Mossad

Staff / Truthdig Dec 24, 2013 According to Israeli government documents, the former leader of South Africa was trained by Israel's intelligence agency in the 1960s; there are many parallels to be drawn between the Sochi and Berlin Olympics; meanwhile, a White House review panel member expresses his "surprise" in finding that the NSA's data collection has not stopped a single act of terrorism. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Election 2012: Dreams of a Vote Deferred?

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Aug 23, 2012 People remember 1929 as the year of the stock-market crash and the beginning of the Great Depression, the global economic disaster which remains the only one in history that dwarfs the one in which we now find ourselves. It was also the year Martin Luther King Jr. was born, who wouldn't live to see 40 years. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )