Does Hillary Clinton Understand the Biggest Divide in American Politics?

Robert Reich / Truthdig Jul 25, 2016 The divide this election is not between the right and the left, but between the anti-establishment and the establishment, and I worry Hillary just doesn't get it. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Bernie Sanders Is Making His Goodbye Count

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jun 30, 2016 Though Sanders may have failed to achieve victory in a presidential contest, he will have an influence on where American politics moves next. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Mr. Zuckerberg Explains Facebook is Not Favoring the Left

Jeff Danziger / Truthdig May 20, 2016 Dig deeper

Winning in Losing: How Bernie Sanders Pushed Hillary Clinton to the Left (Video)

Juan Cole / Truthdig Apr 27, 2016 Bernie Sanders has already justified his run by having pushed Clinton substantially to the left on key issues. Here are just a few. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The New Common Ground Between Populist Left and Right (Video)

Robert Reich / Truthdig Apr 24, 2016 If we join together, we can make these things happen. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Occupy the Party: Bernie Sanders’ Campaign as a Site of Struggle

By Not An Alternative Feb 19, 2016 Instead of treating the Democratic Party as some kind of authority with the power to co-opt our message, we should treat it like any street or park and occupy it. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

AUDIO: ‘Left, Right & Center’: It’s Finally, Almost, Caucus Time!

Staff / Truthdig Jan 30, 2016 Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other “Left, Right & Center” panelists take on the missing-in-debate-action candidate, Donald Trump, and his chances of clinching a Republican win in the Hawkeye State. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Glenn Greenwald Compares 7 Stages of Establishment Backlash Against Jeremy Corbyn and Bernie Sanders

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jan 24, 2016 The journalist with The Intercept has done a great job of recording how establishment reactions to the rise of Bernie Sanders feel a bit like British déjà vu. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Corbyn Effect: Survey Shows Huge Support in Labour Party for Its Leader

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Jan 13, 2016 It seems that Jeremy Corbyn is successfully reshaping the Labour Party in the U.K., with a survey showing "overwhelming support for him [and] a decisive shift to the left." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Study Finds British Press ‘Systematically Undermined’ Progressive Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn

Staff / Truthdig Nov 29, 2015 In an analysis of nearly 500 articles on the recently elected U.K. Labour Party head, the Media Reform Coalition found that the majority of the pieces printed were " 'negative,' meaning they were openly hostile or expressed animosity or ridicule." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Noam Chomsky on Jeremy Corbyn, Bernie Sanders, Syriza and the Power of Activism

Staff / Truthdig Sep 23, 2015 In an interview in Jacobin magazine, the linguist and scholar predicts what would happen if Bernie Sanders won the 2016 presidential election and comments on the rise of progressive political parties like Greece's Syriza and figures such as Jeremy Corbyn of the U.K. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Far Left Needs to Relax a Little and Support Bernie Sanders

By William Kaufman, CounterPunch Sep 19, 2015 Sanders' leftist critics can fantasize that they are doing humanity a great service by scoffing at his campaign, but who is making greater strides toward triggering the mass enlightenment that is key to empowering the oppressed? Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )