The Cruelty of Nonlethal Weapons

Staff / Truthdig Dec 9, 2011 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Newt Gingrich's rise and Rod Blagojevich's fall; why nonlethal weapons are being abused; Nomi Prins' new novel; and millennial mishigas.This week on Truthdig Radio: Newt Gingrich's rise and Rod Blagojevich's fall; nonlethal weapons; Nomi Prins' new novel; and millennial mishigas. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Cruelty of Nonlethal Weapons

Staff / Truthdig Dec 9, 2011 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Newt Gingrich's rise and Rod Blagojevich's fall; why nonlethal weapons are being abused; Nomi Prins' new novel; and millennial mishigas. Dig deeper

Our Delusions of Grandeur Will Save the World

Bhaskar Sunkara / Truthdig Oct 17, 2011 It's easy to see that apathy among a subset of middle-class youth is turning to politicization, and the natural form of this politicization is protest against the neoliberal state's slashing of the social benefits that created the modern middle class in the first place. It's kind of true. We’re excessively confident, thinking of ourselves like protagonists in a bildungsroman. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Lost Decade … Lost Generation?

Richard Reeves / Truthdig Sep 15, 2011 Sooner rather than later, the ethnically diverse, socially tolerant, technologically fluent Millennials will make a new nation. But what will they do with that power? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Millennial Edition

Staff / Truthdig Feb 26, 2010 Why the brain forgets things on purpose, the ugliest fish in the world, and finding out how millennial you are. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Why Are Democrats Ignoring the Next New Dealers?

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Feb 25, 2010 The Millennials -- generally defined as Americans born in 1981 or after -- are, without question, the most liberal generation since the New Dealers, and they could transform our politics for decades. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )