Black People Have Every Right to Criticize the Democratic Party

Lark Lo / Truthdig Dec 22, 2017 The only way the black community will get a political party that is about justice and equity is if those who can speak up do speak up. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Ghost of Hubert Humphrey

Norman Solomon / Truthdig Dec 4, 2017 Promoting social programs at home while supporting endless war abroad, progressive Democrats of 2017 are following in a liberal icon's footsteps. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges on the Life of a True Revolutionary (Video)

BLANK Jun 6, 2017 What does it take to resist? The Truthdig columnist explained at a Veterans for Peace anti-war demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial on Memorial Day. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Price of Resistance

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Apr 18, 2017 To stand with the oppressed means being treated like the oppressed. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

The Issue Isn’t Trump—It’s Us

By John Pilger / JohnPilger.com Jan 18, 2017 Liberal elites' obsession with Donald Trump as their bête noir masks an enduring complicity in putting both him and his predecessor in the White House. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

The Authoritarian Politics of Resentment in Trump’s America (Video)

By Henry A. Giroux / Truthout Nov 27, 2016 Too often during this election season, a discourse of "bad manners" has paraded as insight while working to conceal the effects of power, politics, racial injustice and other forms of oppression. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Stanley Sheinbaum, an L.A. ‘Liberal Lion’ Who Helped Shape Politics for Decades, Is Dead at 96

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 13, 2016 The teacher and activist (in profile in photo), for whom “helping to keep a liberal voice alive” was the enduring goal of his lifetime of activism, died Monday. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Garrison Keillor’s Prophecy and Apostasy

By Sam Husseini Jul 4, 2016 The radio host's decision to retire from his show "A Prairie Home Companion" on the Fourth of July weekend was likely calculated to extenuate his presumed ties to all things Americana, but it also highlighted his hypocrisies and contradictions. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Some Notes on ‘Coastal Liberalism’ in This Presidential Election Year

By John Tamplin Jun 7, 2016 The all-too-common liberal reflex is out of touch and threatens to exacerbate the very intolerance and bigotry its practitioners oppose. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

I Don’t Know What Lies Behind the Door of a Trump Presidency. Do You?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 5, 2016 On the other hand, I have two-and-a-half decades worth of reasons to fear a new Clinton administration. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Can Bernie Sanders Win Over Conservatives?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 19, 2016 Led by media fearmongering and unimaginative leadership to believe Americans are helplessly divided, many liberals doubt an honest, respectful and sustained appeal to our shared interests can moderate the passions of our conservative neighbors. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Inequality Sweepstakes

By Thomas Frank / TomDispatch Mar 30, 2016 When you press Democrats on their lousy trade deals or their flaccid response to Wall Street misbehavior, they automatically reply that those awful Republicans wouldn’t let the really good legislation get through. So let's go to a place where Democratic rule is virtually unopposed and see if the excuse holds. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )