Top GOP Pollster Finds Young Americans Are Terrifyingly Liberal

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 25, 2016 Right-wing political consultant Frank Luntz says the “hostility” of Americans age 18 to 26 to “the underpinnings of the American economy and the American government” should “frighten every business and political leader” and “excite activists for Sanders and, to a lesser degree, Clinton activists.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Paul Krugman Deems 170 Policy Experts Who Support Sanders’ Wall Street Reforms ‘Un-Serious’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 28, 2016 The New York Times columnist burnished his reputation as an irrelevant pundit Wednesday when he judged as "un-serious" 170 economic and financial policy experts who support the Wall Street reforms of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, writes Glenn Greenwald at The Intercept. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

AUDIO: Robert Scheer Interviews Ralph Nader, Consumer Advocate and Voice Against Corporate Power

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jan 22, 2016 In this week’s episode of “Scheer Intelligence,” the Truthdig editor-in-chief’s podcast on KCRW, Nader talks about the rise of Bernie Sanders and the conditions he believes that Sanders must set in order to endorse Hillary Clinton in the event she wins the Democratic nomination. Dig deeper ( 27 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Chris Hedges Confronts ‘The Whoredom of the Left’ With Anti-Prostitution Activists

Staff / Truthdig Dec 2, 2015 In this episode of teleSUR's "Days of Revolt," Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges explores the conflicted and malignant relationship many self-identified leftists have with prostitution on both the ideological and practical levels. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Chris Hedges and John Ralston Saul Discuss Neoliberalism, False Populism and Donald Trump

Staff / Truthdig Oct 27, 2015 “I think that the word 'ideology' has to be used very carefully But when people come forward with rather simplistic truths -- you already know you’re in trouble when they say they’ve got the truth -- and they say: 'This is what must happen This is how things work This is what dominates society' That’s an ideology"“I think that the word 'ideology' has to be used very carefully'". 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 )

The Star Trek Fallacy

By John Feffer, TomDispatch Sep 17, 2015 Might it have been better for the universe as a whole if the Enterprise had never left earth and earth hadn’t meddled in matters beyond its own solar system? As our country contemplates future military interventions, as well as ambitious efforts to someday colonize other planets, Americans would be smart to address this fundamental question. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Can Bernie Sanders Beat Hillary Clinton in Iowa?

Staff / Truthdig Sep 5, 2015 A late-summer poll shows that the Vermont senator is gaining fast on Clinton in Iowa, and Sanders enthusiasts see evidence that he has appeal “beyond the liberal coasts and union strongholds." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Worst of All Possible Worlds: Why Global Society Is Becoming the Un-Sweden

By John Feffer, TomDispatch May 27, 2015 We might all be eating off of IKEA tableware, listening to Spotify and reading the latest "Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" knockoff, but we are not living in a giant Sweden. Forget about the “new industrial state.” Our world is converging in a far more dystopian way. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

AUDIO: Henry Giroux: Liberalism Fails Against Racism, Inequality and State Terrorism

By Eric Poulin, Truthout May 20, 2015 In two far-reaching interviews on the "Soap Box" with Eric Poulin, the social philosopher Henry Giroux defines establishment liberals by their persistent failure to address the obvious -- that capitalism and democracy are not the same thing. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Promoting Hillary, The New York Times Once Again Marginalizes the Left

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 30, 2014 Harper's Magazine Publisher Rick MacArthur bewailed the paper's failure to run anything but the most establishment liberal view in its pages when it deemed the Republican victory in the November midterm elections an open opportunity for Hillary Clinton to "resurrect the Democratic Party." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Last Gasp of Climate Change Liberals

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Sep 1, 2014 The upcoming climate change march in New York is the last gasp of conventional liberalism. The time for reform and accommodation has ended. We will build a radical movement or be extinguished in a climate inferno. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )