Global Recession Scars the Rich Nations

Staff / Truthdig Mar 21, 2010 According to the International Monetary Fund, the global economic crisis has not only screwed over the poor but has left "deep scars" on the developed world. The level of debt owed to richer countries is the highest since World War II, the IMF says. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Americans Who Can’t Wait for a Better Bill

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Mar 16, 2010 The lines at health care centers in working class communities around the country start forming when other Americans are going to bed, and they're getting longer. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Beck’s Jeebus Boo-Boo

Staff / Truthdig Mar 15, 2010 Glenn Beck has managed to piss off religious folk by ordering his listeners to "run as fast as you can" from churches that talk about "social justice and economic justice." That doesn't sit too well with Catholics, people who like to quote that justice-loving hippie Jesus and even Beck's own Mormon church. (Audio after the jump). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cornel West Calls Out Barack Obama

Staff / Truthdig Jan 25, 2010 In this video message to the president, the celebrated professor asks, "How deep is your love for poor and working people?" and urges, "Don't simply be the friendly face of the American empire." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Charity Should Begin With Charities

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Sep 24, 2009 If the uninsured can't count on the do-gooders to help them, where else can they turn? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

States Ignoring Stimulus Welfare Fund

Staff / Truthdig Sep 8, 2009 Congress created a $5 billion emergency fund for needy families that can be used to immediately create jobs or pay rent for families facing eviction, but many states say they can't afford to take advantage of the windfall. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

California Sees Red

Staff / Truthdig Jul 16, 2009 Looks like Republicans are going to win out in California's seemingly endless budget battle, despite holding a minority in the state Legislature. The deal lawmakers are inching toward favors Gov. Schwarzenegger's desire to make the poor, the elderly and schoolchildren pay for the state's financial crisis. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Crooks Get Cash While the Poor Get Screwed

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jul 6, 2009 If you have defrauded banks and customers and investment firms of billions of dollars, as AIG or Citibank has, you get taxpayer money. If you are moral scum in America we take care of you. But if you are poor, if you are, say, Tearyan Brown of Trenton, N.J., you are in trouble. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Let Them Eat Caviar

Staff / Truthdig Dec 21, 2008 Some needy denizens of Milan will be served a rare delicacy this holiday season, after Italian customs officials seized about 88 pounds of beluga caviar from smugglers trying to sneak it in from Poland. The loot -- worth over half a million dollars -- was donated to feed the Milanese poor. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Struggling Families Feel Sting of Rising Food Prices

Staff / Truthdig May 27, 2008 For the working poor who depend on food stamps to feed their families, it's hard enough keeping up with inflation, let alone the steep price of food these days. Even in the richest country on Earth, the cost of basic foods has a huge impact on families that count every dollar, and benefits simply aren't keeping pace. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘A Walk to Beautiful’

Staff / Truthdig May 16, 2008 PBS has made the film "A Walk to Beautiful" available online. It's the extraordinary story of women who suffer for years from a preventable and treatable injury simply because they are poor. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

ACORN Stays the Course

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Aug 3, 2007 The Bush administration's hit job didn't work. Despite all the Republican efforts to stop the liberal grass-roots organization ACORN, its workers continue to trudge the streets of urban America, signing up voters in places where the Bush people never venture. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )