Maj. Danny Sjursen / TruthdigDec 20, 2017
The American populace empowers militarism through questions not asked and platitudes unchallenged. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
John Feffer / TomDispatchOct 25, 2017
Across the United States, Europe and the Middle East, unitary states are splintering under the leadership of divisive nationalist demagogues. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )
Tom Engelhardt / TruthdigAug 17, 2017
The politicians and pundits who once wouldn’t have hesitated to take credit for U.S. military domination are now placing the blame elsewhere. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )
By Jake Johnson / Common DreamsJul 6, 2017
In a speech at the site of the Warsaw Uprising Monument on Thursday, the president proclaimed that "the fundamental question of our time is whether the West has the will to survive." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Colin JenkinsJun 15, 2017
Patriotism is a key tool for the owning class. To them, the quarterback's refusal to stand for the national anthem—a nationalistic ritual—threatened to undermine the whole capitalist system. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
By Emily Tamkin / Foreign PolicyMay 10, 2017
Marion Maréchal-Le Pen was considered by many to be the rising star of France's far-right National Front party, but that changed this week. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigApr 17, 2017
France is on the verge of committing a nativist mistake comparable to those the United States and Britain made in 2016, the "Last Week Tonight" host says. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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The priest and author of the new book “The Nicene Heresy: Christendom and War, Reverence and Critique” tells Truthdig's editor in chief about his career working for peace in Central America and his conflicted relationship with his church. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
By Henry A. Giroux / TruthoutNov 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 )
Chris Hedges / TruthdigNov 12, 2016
The election of Donald Trump, whose appeal to voters is based on magical thinking, paves the way for the rise of a police state unlike anything seen in American history. Its fangs will appear the moment Trump’s base realizes it has been betrayed. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
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