As Budget Deficit Balloons, Few in Washington Seem to Care

ANDREW TAYLOR / The Associated Press Mar 9, 2019 Trump's budget arrives amid gloomy times for deficit hawks, with little alarm about a U.S. debt load now above $22 trillion. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

America’s Southern Strategy Bamboozle

Teodrose Fikre / Ghion Journal Apr 20, 2018 Self-induced political apartheid keeps us from seeing how the system is gaming us. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Partisanship Above Everything

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Mar 5, 2018 We need to rethink the asymmetry in the behavior of our two parties. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Gorsuch’s Convenient Untruth

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Mar 23, 2017 Judge Neil Gorsuch made a statement Tuesday at his Supreme Court confirmation hearing that even he couldn't have believed. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Democracy Wins as ‘Biggest Gerrymandering Case in a Generation’ Moves Forward

By Deirdre Fulton / Common Dreams Aug 26, 2016 A panel of federal judges advanced a case that has the potential to set a precedent restricting partisan gerrymandering nationwide. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Left Right Left Right

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Apr 15, 2016 Dig deeper

Americans’ Political Attitudes Polarized but Ambivalent

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jul 27, 2015 So accustomed are we to highlighting the polarized nature of our politics that we often forget how many Americans decline to be painted in bright reds or bright blues Among us, there are pinks and turquoises and even purples And these voters will matter a great deal to the elections in 2016 and beyond So accustomed are we to highlighting the polarized nature of our politics that we often forget how many Americans decline to be painted in bright reds or bright blues. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Plundering Our Freedom with Abandon – Robert Scheer on Reality Asserts Itself (7/10)

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jun 28, 2015 On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Scheer and Paul Jay discuss American partisan politics - the demonization of the other camp and is there a real difference between parties? Dig deeper

Plundering Our Freedom with Abandon – Robert Scheer on Reality Asserts Itself (5/10)

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jun 24, 2015 On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Scheer discusses American partisan politics, is there a real difference and the demonization of the other camp. Dig deeper

Nakedly Partisan

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig Feb 16, 2015 Dig deeper

The Right’s Idea of ‘Governance’

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jan 8, 2015 This will be no ordinary Congress, so there are no ordinary ways for judging how effective it will be at governing. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Debate: Independence or Partisanship

By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Truthout Mar 31, 2014 Finally, there is a much needed debate about the relationship that people who are working for progressive change should have with the Democratic Party -- one that has existed at the edges, in email discussions and private conversations, but is now moving to center stage. And it includes the issue of a presidential run by Sen. Bernie Sanders. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )