Robert Reich: Trump Could Try to Rig the 2020 Elections

Robert Reich / Truthdig Feb 18, 2020 He's already co-opted the Justice Department and abandoned the rule of law. What's to stop the president from interfering this November? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Empire-ical Knowledge

Mr. Fish / Truthdig May 10, 2019 Dig deeper

The Man Who Saw Trump Coming a Century Ago

Ann Jones / TomDispatch Apr 11, 2019 Thorstein Veblen, whose working life coincided with the first Gilded Age, may be the greatest American thinker you've never heard of. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Donald Trump Will Not Go Quietly Like Nixon

Bill Blum / Truthdig Jan 2, 2019 The case for his removal grows stronger by the week. But the president is unlikely to resign in the face of impeachment as Richard Nixon did. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trump, the Quintessential American

Chris Hedges / Truthdig and Mr. Fish Dec 17, 2018 The president and his ancestor in the art of the con, P.T. Barnum, are the true gods of our wealth-, celebrity- and power-obsessed society. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

American History for Truthdiggers: Tragic Dawn of Overseas Imperialism

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Nov 10, 2018 By 1898, a great land empire had been forged through brutal conquest. Now the American gaze turned to foreign lands. Dig deeper ( 29 Min. Read )

Restoring Ulysses S. Grant to His Rightful Stature

Allen Barra / Truthdig Oct 5, 2018 Ron Chernow's biography, now in paperback, makes it clear: If Grant’s image doesn’t belong on Mount Rushmore, it should at least be acknowledged that if not for him, Lincoln’s might not be there. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

The Birth of American Empire

H. Patricia Hynes / Truthdig Jul 20, 2018 Stephen Kinzer's book illuminates the decisions of 1898-1902 that set the course of American wars and the overthrow of governments into the 21st century. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges and Stephen Kinzer Explore the Birth of American Empire (Video)

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Mar 21, 2017 One of the most important and least known facts of American history may be the decision of the United States to expand its power beyond North America. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

History Rhyming

Jeff Danziger / Truthdig Dec 17, 2016 Dig deeper

A Genius Educator, Donald Trump and the Spread of Political Correctness

By John Ogden Sep 1, 2015 Rafe Esquith, teaching phenom of fifth-graders at Hobart Elementary School, ran afoul of the school’s administration, initially because of a joke overheard by a colleague. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Madonna and Manchild: Is Adulthood in America a Relic of the Past?

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Sep 15, 2014 What does Mark Twain’s classic outsider hero Huck Finn have to do with the small army of affable manchildren that actor Seth Rogen has played in Judd Apatow films? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )