The Mass Media Is Poisoning Us With Hate

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig May 27, 2019 News outlets on both the left and the right are raking in big profits by intentionally pitting American against American. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

The Rot of American Journalism Runs Deep

Chris Hedges / Truthdig May 9, 2019 Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone explores how networks like Fox News and MSNBC have come to tell viewers exactly what they want to hear. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges and Barrett Brown on the Corporate State’s War on the Press (Video)

Staff and Chris Hedges / Truthdig Aug 6, 2018 "Both well-meaning and more illicit-minded intelligence professionals basically realize [exposures of the inner workings of power] can't go on," the publisher and journalist tells the "On Contact" host in a discussion about attacks on such organizations as WikiLeaks. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Seymour Hersh on the State of American Journalism (Video)

Staff and Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jul 1, 2018 In a conversation with the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter, Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges wonders if the era of great journalism that Hersh embodies has passed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges and Norman Finkelstein on the Future of Gaza (Video)

Staff and Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jun 21, 2018 Author and scholar Norman Finkelstein tells the Truthdig columnist that nonviolent mass resistance in Gaza "can't succeed without our support." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges and Kali Akuno on the Gentrification of Jackson, Miss. (Video)

Staff and Chris Hedges / Truthdig Mar 8, 2018 The co-founder and co-director of Cooperation Jackson explains the critical moment facing the primarily black city and offers a blueprint for a socialist alternative. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges, Activist Shehla Rashid Shora on the Rise of Hindu Fascism (Video)

Staff and Chris Hedges / Truthdig Feb 22, 2018 "Caste slavery is fascism," says Rashid Shora, the face of the student movement in India. "It is not a part of our traditions. Caste is violence ... it's not tradition." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Juan González: Blowback to Neoliberalism Led to Rise of Progressive Politics (Video)

Staff and Chris Hedges / Truthdig Feb 14, 2018 "Beginning after the Great Recession and after the Occupy movement," the Democracy Now! reporter tells Chris Hedges, "a whole new [urban] resistance movement developed in America." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges, Carl Anthony: Oppression in Architecture (Video)

Staff and Chris Hedges / Truthdig Feb 7, 2018 The Truthdig columnist sits down with the architect and activist to discuss the hidden racial narratives in building design and construction. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges: When Are Journalists Foreign Agents? (Video)

Staff and Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jan 25, 2018 The Truthdig columnist discusses the Foreign Agents Registration Act at a panel hosted by the Columbia Journalism School and the Harriman Institute. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

How Companies Like Amazon Exploit Itinerant Elderly Workers (Video)

Staff and Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jan 17, 2018 Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges discusses "Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century" with author Jessica Bruder in an eye-opening conversation about America's mobile elderly workforce. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges, Julie Bindel on the Movement to Legalize Prostitution (Video)

Staff and Chris Hedges / Truthdig Dec 23, 2017 The Truthdig columnist sits down with the activist, who argues that the international movement to legalize prostitution has been an "unmitigated disaster." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )