Larry Summers Again? Really?

Staff / Truthdig Jul 26, 2013 President Obama seriously wants to nominate one of the men who caused the recession to chair the Fed; researchers are finding many animals, especially rodents, are smarter than the average human; and Detroit is suffering because of the auto industry's utterly capitalist decision to put shareholders before everyone else. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Next Fed Chair, Pelosi Slams ‘Reprehensible’ Weiner, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jul 26, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including the roll call vote for Justin Amash's failed NSA surveillance amendment and the Republican congressional idea that one GOP senator called "the dumbest" he ever heard. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Return of Lawrence Summers, Mr. Spectacular Failure

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jul 16, 2013 The guy who tops the list of those responsible for sabotaging the world’s economy is lobbying to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

It Wasn’t David Stockman Who Wrecked the Economy

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Apr 2, 2013 For all of the strident attacks on Stockman’s column, I have yet to read a serious critique of his most brazen claim. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Want Hope and Change? Build a Real Left

Staff / Truthdig Sep 7, 2012 It's fine to catalog the sins of Obama, but it's a largely meaningless parlor game unless we offer a coherent vision that outlines a winning strategy. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Do the Bain Hustle

Robert Scheer / Truthdig May 24, 2012 President Obama is to be applauded for questioning Mitt Romney's legacy, although his motives seem to be as opportunistic as those of Romney's opponents in the Republican primaries who took the same tack.President Obama is to be applauded for questioning Mitt Romney's legacy, although his motives seem to be as opportunistic as those of Romney's opponents in the Republican primaries. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Democrats Who Unleashed Wall Street and Got Away With It

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Feb 2, 2012 That Lawrence Summers and Bill Clinton, the president he served as treasury secretary, can still get away with disclaiming responsibility for our financial meltdown is an insult to reason.That Lawrence Summers and Bill Clinton can still get away with disclaiming responsibility for our financial meltdown is an insult to reason. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

There’s Hope for Republicans Yet

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jan 12, 2012 GOP candidates are embracing populism, but as the presidential election is now shaping up, voters will not be given a choice to rebuke Wall Street by either major party. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Season’s Greetings From Occupy Harvard

Staff / Truthdig Dec 20, 2011 Harvard's "Occu-Elves" deliver lumps of coal to "naughty boys," including the school's former president, Lawrence Summers, and Robert Rubin, two men who helped engineer the economic meltdown. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Too Big to Jail

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Nov 3, 2011 Can we all agree that a $1 billion swindle represents a lot of money? So why isn't former Citigroup Chairman Robert Rubin breaking a sweat? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

A Peek at Henry A. Giroux’s ‘Education and the Crisis of Public Values’

Staff / Truthdig Oct 1, 2011 "We are more than a nation in decline; we are a nation moving toward the bittersweet simplisms, policies and values of a new form of authoritarianism," writes Henry Giroux, in an article adapted from his new book on America's shift away from democratic values toward a rigid, market-driven uniformity. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Men We Trusted to Lead Us

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Sep 29, 2011 Why are Ben Bernanke and Barack Obama just now discovering that there is a jobs crisis in this country? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )