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‘Free Markets’ Will Be the End of the Middle Class

Marshall Auerback / Independent Media Institute Nov 5, 2019 Only by shedding the neoliberal shibboleths of the past 40 years can we create a sustainable industrial policy and an economy for all. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Little Big Man

By Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch May 31, 2017 Donald Trump is a messenger from the gods, teaching us just how deeply disturbed our American world is. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Playing the Fiddle

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig Apr 16, 2017 Dig deeper

SEC’s Dirty Little Secret

Staff / Truthdig Apr 23, 2010 One wonders if there is a smutty equivalent to Nero's fiddling while Rome burns. If there is, it might be applicable to the senior staffers at the SEC who spent hours watching pornography on government computers instead of policing the nation's financial system. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Newsweek Tells Italy to ‘Dump Berlusconi’

Staff / Truthdig Oct 16, 2009 It's not clear whether the editors of Newsweek believe they hold any diplomatic power, but they've gone ahead and told Italy to "dump" its scandal magnet of a prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, in the magazine's European edition this week. Let's see whether Time can top this. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )