The Mass Media Is Poisoning Us With Hate

Chris Hedges / Truthdig and Mr. Fish 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 / Truthdig and Chris Hedges 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 / Truthdig and Chris Hedges 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 / Truthdig and Chris Hedges 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 / Truthdig and Chris Hedges 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 / Truthdig and Chris Hedges 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 / Truthdig and Chris Hedges 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 / Truthdig and Chris Hedges 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 / Truthdig and Chris Hedges 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 / Truthdig and Chris Hedges 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 / Truthdig and Chris Hedges 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 )