I Came, I Saw

Mr. Fish / Truthdig May 25, 2010 Dig deeper

British Petroleum — Here to Help You

Monte Wolverton, Cagle Cartoons May 25, 2010 Dig deeper

Salazar: ‘All-Stars’ Will ‘Kill This Well’

Staff / Truthdig May 25, 2010 The interior secretary, defending the government's response to the ocean of oil building up in the Gulf of Mexico, says the U.S. has assembled "a team of all-stars that are now leading an Apollo 13 type effort" to kill the well and contain the disaster. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Month Later, Feds Are Angry With BP

Staff / Truthdig May 24, 2010 Since oil began leaking into the Gulf of Mexico more than a month ago, the U.S. government and oil giant BP have been engaged in a marriage of convenience that has left the public -- and public commentators -- furious at both. (continued) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Rand Paul Calls Obama’s Treatment of BP ‘Un-American’

Staff / Truthdig May 21, 2010 Since when is coddling big businesses gone horribly awry a pro-American value? Although it could be inferred that several successive administrations have abided by this economic ethic, leave it to the GOP's newly christened Next Big Thing, Rand Paul (continued) . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

BP Launches Video Feed of Gulf Leak

Staff / Truthdig May 21, 2010 Following criticism that it is withholding data and blocking efforts of scientists to understand the scope of the gulf oil spill, the beleaguered oil company BP has agreed to post on a congressional website a live video feed of the oil gusher. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Laying Bare the Myth of ‘The Left’

David Sirota / Truthdig May 21, 2010 If progressive groups were anything but shills for the Democrats, they would be protesting President Obama's Supreme Court nominee and demanding the firing of his interior secretary. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Oil Rules

Joe Conason / Truthdig May 20, 2010 The more we learn about the BP oil well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, the more we ought to question the basic assumptions that led us here. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Petroleumville

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig May 19, 2010 Dig deeper

Law & Order: Corporate Crime Unit

Amy Goodman / Truthdig May 19, 2010 In the disasters at the Massey coal mine in West Virginia and on the BP oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, people were killed. So why aren't the executives of these companies behind bars? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

’60 Minutes’ Investigates BP’s Blowout

Staff / Truthdig May 18, 2010 A whistle-blower tells the news show that BP has another troubled oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. Also in this episode: L.A.'s visionary young maestro, plus Andy Rooney complains about something. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

BP and the ‘Little Eichmanns’

Chris Hedges / Truthdig May 17, 2010 These deformed individuals carrying out the global genocide against human life and the natural world lack the capacity for empathy. They possess the peculiar ability to organize vast, destructive bureaucracies and yet remain blind to the ramifications.Those carrying out the global genocide against human life and the natural world organize vast, destructive bureaucracies and yet remain blind to the ramifications. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )