The Issue Isn’t Trump—It’s Us

By John Pilger / JohnPilger.com Jan 18, 2017 Liberal elites' obsession with Donald Trump as their bête noir masks an enduring complicity in putting both him and his predecessor in the White House. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

President Obama Retraces Past Eight Years in Farewell Speech, Throws In a Few Warnings (Video)

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jan 11, 2017 Far from the soaring hope evident in his first inaugural address, Obama's final speech as president was filled with cautions regarding partisanship, racism and growing inequality. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Vladimir Putin Says He Won’t Retaliate Against U.S. Actions

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 30, 2016 Despite his foreign minister's advice, the Russian president says he will not hit back at the United States for expelling his country's diplomats and imposing new sanctions. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Israeli Ministers Throw Trump-Like Tantrums After U.N. Security Council Slam

By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Dec 27, 2016 Benjamin Netanyahu and his Cabinet members are trying to punch above their weight. The Israeli prime minister wants to punish the United Nations, and apparently even the United States. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Tech, Social Media Giants Create Task Force to Identify and Delete Online Terrorist Content

BLANK Dec 7, 2016 YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft have announced they will create a database—accessible by only the four companies—that shares "online terrorist content" deleted from their respective sites. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Death of the Two-State Solution

By Sandy Tolan / TomDispatch Oct 20, 2016 The Obama administration’s recent 10-year, $38 billion pledge to renew Israel’s arsenal of weaponry, while still ostensibly pursuing “peace,” makes clear that Washington's support for a two-state solution is bankrupt. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Women in the Obama Administration Came Up With a Clever Strategy to Make Themselves Heard

By April M. Short / AlterNet Sep 19, 2016 They used "amplification" to combat a subtle, common form of sexism. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Mainstream Media Are Ignoring U.S. Accountability in Saudi Arabia’s Destruction of Yemen

Staff / Truthdig Aug 27, 2016 Journalist Andrew Cockburn has written extensively on the slaughter of Yemeni people at the hands of the Saudis. In a recent interview on “Democracy Now!”, he argues that this is a “very cruel war that we are helping to wage.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Obama Administration Gave Nation’s Largest Private Prison Company a No-Bid, $1 Billion Contract

Staff / Truthdig Aug 15, 2016 The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency skipped the standard public process of bidding and offered the Corrections Corporation of America a generous deal to build a massive detention facility for women and children seeking asylum. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Shell Game of the Economic Elite’s Hamilton Project

Paul Street / Truthdig Aug 9, 2016 The think tank created 10 years ago by ruling-class maestro Robert Rubin (pictured above) at the Brookings Institution has helped define the fake-progressive, neoliberal essence of the Barack Obama presidency. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

‘28 Pages’ on Saudi Links to 9/11 Are Declassified

Staff / Truthdig Jul 16, 2016 The documents, which the United States kept secret for years, show the relationship between financial backers of the 9/11 hijackers and individuals connected to the Saudi government. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

When Robert Scheer and John Kiriakou Talked Government Double Standards (Audio)

John Kiriakou / Truthdig Jul 5, 2016 Now that Hillary Clinton will not be prosecuted for using a private email server as secretary of state, it raises the question: Does the government hold a double standard on matters of classification? Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer discussed the issue with former CIA officer John Kiriakou on a past episode of "Scheer Intelligence." Dig deeper ( 49 Min. Read )