From the Archives: Michael Ratner on American Imperialism

Staff / Truthdig May 13, 2016 The lawyer and human rights crusader, who died Wednesday, spoke on Truthdig Radio in 2013. To honor Ratner, we are reposting the audio of that interview. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

That’s All, Folks

By Peter Scheer Mar 1, 2015 Lest some colleague accuse me of burying the lede, here it is up front: I'm leaving Truthdig. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Talking to Edward Snowden Is the Next Best Thing to Sex, Says John Perry Barlow

Staff / Truthdig Nov 21, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The poet and activist says his friend Edward Snowden's mind "is like cool, clear spring water." Also: Robert Scheer on President Obama's immigration overhaul, Keystone XL dies in the Senate, and Kasia Anderson breaks down the Bill Cosby rape allegations. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdiggers of the Week: The Lawyers Suing to Protect Refugee Children

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jul 14, 2014 After fleeing a country with the worst murder rate in the world, and traveling more than a thousand miles while surviving corrupt officials, cartels and garden variety rape, an unaccompanied Honduran child would probably find herself in a courtroom trying to explain, via a translator, why she can't go back. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Top 40 Threats to Free Speech

Staff / Truthdig May 24, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: What do sex-obsessed nipplephobes and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper have in common? Also: Why the U.S. won't give American banks the Credit Suisse treatment, and the logic behind Elizabeth Warren for president. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Internet Is Great and It’s Awful

Staff / Truthdig Mar 28, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: A new documentary shows the genius and tragedy of Aaron Swartz, Hobby Lobby v. Women, the race to replace Rep. Henry Waxman is on, and we look at the surprising locale of the most segregated schools in America. Dig deeper

Aaron Swartz: The Internet’s Own Boy

Staff / Truthdig Mar 28, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: A new documentary shows the genius and tragedy of Aaron Swartz, Hobby Lobby v. Women, the race to replace Rep. Henry Waxman is on, and we look at the surprising locale of the most segregated schools in America. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

New Year Brings New Obamacare Benefits

Staff / Truthdig Jan 3, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The best parts of the ACA finally kick in. Lynne Stewart is free -- is Edward Snowden next? And why The Advocate made the pope person of the year. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Why Olympic Profiteers Are Happy to Ignore Russia’s Gaybashing

Staff / Truthdig Dec 13, 2013 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Why the Sochi Olympics remind us of Berlin in 1936, The People's Pope is Time's man of the year, turning beauty advertising on its head, college football is big business, and immigration abuses. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Economics of Wage Slavery

Staff / Truthdig Dec 6, 2013 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Raising the minimum wage, how Oprah Winfrey enabled a self-help disaster, the media vexxing of Hillary Clinton, and we look for the worst judge in America. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Goliath’: How Israel Became the Third Rail of Journalism

Staff / Truthdig Nov 15, 2013 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Three Jews talk about Israel. Also: The human error of Typhoon Yolanda, and a rap to save public art. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Lou Reed: A Tribute

Staff / Truthdig Nov 1, 2013 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: A special musical tribute to Rock's glam beat badass. Plus: The Syria dilemma, and the life and times of Glenn Greenwald. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )