By Bruce Dixon / Black Agenda ReportJul 15, 2017
Bernie Sanders' "Our Revolution" campaign appears to have pocketed the credibility of the Jackson, Miss., movement without giving Jackson or its principals a thing. (Pictured, Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba.) Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Eric Ortiz / TruthdigApr 10, 2017
The former chief of staff to Colin Powell believes the Syrian government may not be responsible for last week's chemical attack and that the president's response violated international law
. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 1, 2017
Wilkerson (pictured) and Paul Jay, senior editor of The Real News Network, discuss the proposed Pentagon budget increase. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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In this week’s episode of Joshua Scheer's podcast, Scheer speaks with Reece Jones, associate professor of geography at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, about Jones’ book, “Violent Borders: Refugees and the Right to Move." Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 18, 2016
Americans lack organized labor movements and a ruling class that feels even slightly obligated to protect workers and the poor, cultural critic Henry Giroux (pictured) tells Paul Jay of The Real News Network. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 11, 2016
Investigative reporter Greg Palast tells The Real News Network that Paulson made billions in the mortgage market collapse and by holding the auto industry hostage for taxpayer money. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJul 6, 2015
In the eighth installment of an interview series on The Real News Network’s “Reality Asserts Itself,” Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer tells TRNN Senior Editor Paul Jay that American leaders “lost sight of the essential wisdom of the American experiment,” which was that if you enable prosperity “for your own people, and if it’s good, others will follow it.” Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 3, 2015
In part seven of an interview series on The Real News Network’s “Reality Asserts Itself,” Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer tells TRNN Senior Editor Paul Jay that America's ruling parties are composed not of ideologues committed to particular values but of careerists fortunately susceptible to public pressure. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigJul 2, 2015
On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Scheer and Paul Jay discuss Scheer's book "The Pornography of Power: How Defense Hawks Hijacked 9/11 and Weakened America" Dig deeper
Staff / TruthdigJul 1, 2015
In the sixth installment on The Real News Network’s show “Reality Asserts Itself,” Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and TRNN’s Senior Editor Paul Jay debate the buying off of the American media, the culture of corruption that led to the recession and the idea of rationality within the ranks of the elite. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigJun 30, 2015
On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Scheer and Paul Jay discuss the successes and failures of the "American Experiment." Dig deeper
Robert Scheer / TruthdigJun 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
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