Malaysian Airliner

Nick Anderson / Truthdig Jul 19, 2014 Dig deeper

Five Reasons Why I Refuse to Watch the World Cup

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Jun 26, 2014 Soccer (or football, as the rest of the world refers to it) is the most popular sport globally. But can you love the game while hating the World Cup? Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

World Cup: The Globalized Game

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 16, 2014 In the July issue of Harper's Magazine, sports writer Simon Kuper tracks the World Cup's transformation from a postwar proxy for establishing claims to national supremacy to an expression of the border dissolving tendencies of globalization. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Hype and Hysteria Drown Out Europe’s Real Concerns

William Pfaff / Truthdig May 28, 2014 The outcome of the recently concluded European Parliament elections is described in press and political circles in Europe and North America as a shock or crisis, which is sheer nonsense. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Dark Side of the Ukraine Revolt

By Conn Hallinan Mar 21, 2014 Although most of the Western media describe the current crisis in the Ukraine as a confrontation between authoritarianism and democracy, many of the shock troops who have manned barricades in Kiev and the western city of Lviv these past months have little interest in either democracy or Western liberalism. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Libya’s Parliament Dumps PM Zeidan, Elects al-Thinni, Over Oil Tanker Crisis

Juan Cole / Truthdig Mar 12, 2014 In a series of dramatic political moves, the Libyan General National Congress on Tuesday made a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Ali Zeidan. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

East China Sea Tensions

Patrick Chappatte, Cagle Cartoons, The International Herald Tribune Nov 30, 2013 Dig deeper

Wrapped in the Flag

Daryl Cagle, Cagle Cartoons, MSNBC.com May 6, 2012 Dig deeper

Going Beyond the Tale of a Boy and His Horse

By Adam Hochschild, TomDispatch Mar 1, 2012 For all the spectacle of thundering cavalry charges, muddy trenches and wartime love and loss, the current popular storytellers of the First World War skip over the conflict's greatest moral drama by leaving out part of its cast of characters. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Red Menace

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Nov 9, 2011 Dig deeper

A Decade After 9/11: We Are What We Loathe

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Sep 10, 2011 We have still not woken up to whom we have become, to the fatal erosion of domestic and international law and the senseless waste of lives, resources and trillions of dollars to wage wars that ultimately we can never win.We have still not woken up to whom we have become, to the erosion of law, the waste of lives, the trillions spent on wars we can never win. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Bill Maher: America Is Greedy, Not Good

Staff / Truthdig Jun 1, 2009 The "Real Time" host takes exception to American exceptionalism, the idea that Americans are unique and superior despite a penchant for poisoning, imprisoning and killing each other just to make a buck. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )