Manufacturing War With Russia

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Jun 3, 2019 The demonization of Putin and Russia was designed to poison bilateral relations, boost U.S. war industry profits and make détente impossible. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Jesus Christ’s Lesson for the 21st Century

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Feb 15, 2019 Tom Catena, who risks his life daily to provide medical care in an African war zone, examines what it means to be a good Samaritan. Dig deeper ( 27 Min. Read )

Finding Calcutta in ‘The Heart of Nuba’

Kenneth Carlson / Truthdig Apr 27, 2018 The maker of a documentary about Dr. Tom Catena, the only remaining surgeon in Sudan's war-torn Nuba Mountains, recounts his journey through a world of horror and commitment. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Black History Month From Death Row

Kevin Cooper / Truthdig Jan 31, 2018 The horrible things I suffered in 2004—when California attempted to murder me in its death chamber—should not surprise anyone. Lynchings and executions are a fact of African-American life. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Donald Trump Media Coverage Has Created a New Crisis of Credibility

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Sep 19, 2016 Almost 50 years after former Vice President Spiro Agnew launched a conservative campaign against the press, our journalistic institutions are being challenged for being too hard on Hillary Clinton and too timid toward the right in the 2016 election. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Treason of the Intellectuals

Staff / Truthdig Jul 7, 2015 In The New York Times in late June, George Packer smeared Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges' new book, "Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt." In this Truthdig column published in early 2013, Hedges describes Packer as an intellectual "war booster" and “liberal hawk” whose support for the Iraq War preserved his journalism career.The self-defined liberals who sold us the Iraq War remain in their positions of privilege and power, and they stand ready to sell us out again. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

As Israel’s Economic Onslaught Against Gaza Continues, War May Be Inevitable

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Mar 11, 2015 The conditions in Gaza this winter, as described by the United Nations and The New York Times' Nicholas Kristof, are not only heartbreaking but inhumane. It's no wonder many Palestinians are predicting another war with Israel. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Let Nicholas Kristof Damage Your Mind

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 15, 2013 In a late 2012 PBS series called "Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide," the lauded New York Times columnist and professional flake "glosses" the harmful "utopian vision" of free-market globalization sold to Americans in a 1980 television broadcast by neoliberal economist Milton Friedman, Anne Elizabeth Moore writes in The Baffler.In an October PBS series, the lauded New York Times columnist and professional flake "glossed" Milton Friedman's harmful and dishonest "utopian vision" of free-market globalization. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

From Tahrir Square to Zuccotti Park: Lessons in Inequality

Staff / Truthdig Oct 17, 2011 Nicholas Kristof writes in The New York Times that, although there are parallels between the revolutionary protests in Egypt and the occupation of Wall Street, Americans actually experience worse income inequality than Egyptians. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Clooney in Chad

Staff / Truthdig Feb 27, 2009 The New York Times' Nicholas Kristof recently took at trip to Chad with an unlikely sidekick: George Clooney. Kristof was skeptical at first, but Clooney -- always the charmer! -- won him over, and thus Kristof came to see the potential benefits of celebrity advocacy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )