Opinion

Edward Said Warned Us About Anti-Palestinian McCarthyism

Seraj Assi / Common Dreams Apr 25, 2024 The Columbia professor’s legacy is a scathing condemnation of the hypocrisy and moral corruption of U.S. liberal institutions. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Media

The Attack on Gaza Protests Threatens Free Expression for All

Ari Paul / FAIR Apr 22, 2024 If state actors and media pundits can push universities to silence students and faculty, what’s next? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Opinion

We Must Not Restrict Free Speech on College Campuses

David Cole / ACLU Nov 7, 2023 Calls to punish and silence student activists betray the Constitution and the spirit of free inquiry that is critical to life at public universities. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

TD Original

Remembering the Rosenbergs

Paul Von Blum / Truthdig Jun 19, 2023 Seventy years later, the lessons of their politically motivated state executions are as relevant as ever. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The Despicable Red-Baiting of Bernie Sanders

Bill Blum / Truthdig Feb 24, 2020 If Democrats have any hope of unseating Donald Trump in November, they must stop smearing their party’s frontrunner and his supporters. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Noam Chomsky: America Has Built a Global Dystopia

Robert Scheer and Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jan 10, 2020 In the first installment of a two-part interview, Robert Scheer meets the renowned thinker for the first time to discuss world politics. Dig deeper ( 23 Min. Read )

Democrats Are Becoming the Party of Permanent War

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Nov 6, 2019 For the liberal establishment, even muted praise of the president's anti-interventionist rhetoric has become a crime akin to treason. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Carey McWilliams: The Most Important American Author Many Don’t Know

Staff / Truthdig Mar 1, 2019 Biographer Peter Richardson talks with us about the activist-writer's extraordinary career and how he inspired others to do their best work. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

McCarthyite Censorship Is Seeping Into Our Schools

Marjorie Cohn / Truthout Dec 31, 2018 Bahia Amawi is suing the Texas school district that fired her after she refused to pledge she wouldn't participate in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Lee Camp: ‘We’re in a New Age of McCarthyism’

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Nov 2, 2018 The comedian explores the legacy of Lenny Bruce, big tech's capacity to strangle independent media and the freedom of working for a network like RT America. Dig deeper ( 19 Min. Read )

The War on Assange Is a War on Press Freedom

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Jul 15, 2018 The arrest of the WikiLeaks founder, which appears near, would be the first domino to fall. Afterward, thousands of publishers, editors and reporters in the U.S. would be in peril. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Cohen & Cohn, Fixers-At-Law (Video)

Mark Fiore / Truthdig Apr 19, 2018 Now that Donald Trump’s personal “lawyer” Michael Cohen is in a whole heap of trouble, each revelation may well outdo the last. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )