Hamilton Fish: Democrats Don’t Offer Voters a ‘Viable Vision’

BLANK Jul 28, 2017 In this week’s “Scheer Intelligence,” host and Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer sits down with the publisher of the New Republic and The Washington Spectator to discuss the future of journalism and politics. (Fish is pictured.) [Transcript added.] Dig deeper ( 20 Min. Read )

More Mexican Immigrants Are Returning to Mexico Than Coming to the U.S.

Staff / Truthdig May 17, 2016 Shut up about your dumb wall already. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Immigrants Don’t Drain Welfare—They Fund It

Staff / Truthdig Sep 16, 2015 A New Republic piece explains why Republican candidates complaining about immigrants and demanding they be deported have the facts all wrong. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Perils of the Public Intellectual: Georgetown Professor Michael Eric Dyson’s Attack on Cornel West

By Henry A. Giroux, CounterPunch Apr 30, 2015 Professor and author Michael Eric Dyson resents West’s critique of Obama’s domestic and foreign policies. But rather than weigh these criticisms, he positions West as a spurned lover, angry and bitter that he did not get a ticket to Obama’s 2008 inauguration. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Juan Cole Says ISIS Has ‘Awoken the Drone God’

Staff / Truthdig Aug 15, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The Mideast scholar suspects the U.S. will begin bombing Iraq like northern Pakistan, police in Ferguson, Mo., provoke a federal investigation, Hillary Clinton stumbles and we remember Robin Williams. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Nate Silver vs. Politico: It’s on Again

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 19, 2013 The war of words between the site and the statistician appears to be escalating yet again after Politico co-founder Jim VandeHei accused Silver of getting "up on his high horse quite a lot" in an interview in New Republic. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

NYT Runs Controversial McCain Story, Spat Ensues

Staff / Truthdig Feb 21, 2008 Did unwanted attention from a New Republic scribe prod The New York Times into printing its long-awaited story about certain alleged snags in Sen. John McCain's moral fabric? McCain's camp apparently thinks so, but regardless, the Arizona senator's team is switching into battle mode to counter the paper's "smear campaign." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )