We Are All Las Vegans Now

David Sirota / Truthdig Dec 19, 2008 A voyage to Sin City in this moment of ecological and economic crisis is a journey to a giant concave mirror reflecting back the magnified -- and ugly -- truths about this epoch of cataclysmic consumption and hubristic hedonism. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

We Told You So

David Sirota / Truthdig Dec 12, 2008 With the release of three new reports, there’s no debate anymore about who was correct and who wasn’t concerning the economic collapse and the Wall Street bailout. The studies prove that progressive critics were right and the Washington ideologues and the pundits were wrong. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Tale of Two Nobel Nations

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Dec 10, 2008 While the Nobel prizes recognize lifetime achievements in medicine, chemistry, physics, literature, economics and peace, and Sweden is a paragon among progressive, social democracies, there is another side to Sweden and the Nobels that warrants a closer look. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Only One Good Path for the Democrats: Go Big

David Sirota / Truthdig Nov 7, 2008 Obama and the rest of the party should retire the Innocent Bystander Fable -- the myth about being powerless onlookers. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Back in the USSR

David Sirota / Truthdig Sep 26, 2008 In the late 1990s, Washington was in the throes of a deregulatory orgy. Many lampooned Rep. Bernie Sanders' opposition to the grotesquerie, and his notoriety as the only self-described socialist in Congress. Nobody guessed that in a few years our country would become the United States' Socialist Republic. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

With Friends Like Joe Biden …

Staff / Truthdig Aug 28, 2008 During his speech to the Democratic convention, the aspiring veep praised the courage of his good friend, John McCain -- right before twisting the knife in his back. It's the vice presidential candidate's job to go on the attack, and Joe Biden does his job well. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Naomi Klein on Holding Obama Accountable

Staff / Truthdig Aug 27, 2008 The "Shock Doctrine" author tells the Real News that while she understands why progressives are going soft on Obama, they should toughen up: "If you've proven that you're a doormat, you can pretty much expect to get stomped on." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

For Obama, It’s Down and to the Right

Staff / Truthdig Aug 22, 2008 John McCain has spent a small fortune trying to convince voters that Barack Obama is an out-of-touch celebrity (a tactic that appears to be working), but columnist Dave Lindorff argues that Obama's dip in the polls is actually the result of his march to the right, much like the last two Democratic losers. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Centrists’ Running the Asylum

David Sirota / Truthdig Jul 18, 2008 In the asylum that is American politics, beware a candidate like Barack Obama when he is lauded for moving to "the center" -- because usually that means he is drifting away from it. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Enterprising GOP Troubadour Blends Poetry, Politics in ‘Republican Song’

Staff / Truthdig Jul 16, 2008 With all the subtlety of a jackhammer, an enterprising right-wing artiste by the name of Mike Meehan has recorded an election-year anthem, "Please Don't Vote for a Democrat," and has launched a corresponding PR campaign via the Internet and billboard ads -- like this one in noted liberal stronghold Orange County, Florida -- in hopes of striking fear and indignation into the hearts of undecided voters. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ruth Rosen on ‘The Populist Vision’

BLANK Jul 4, 2008 Do the socially progressive ideals that jump-started 20th-century reform movements have lessons relevant to the concerns of 21st-century America? A new book makes a strong case that they do. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Battle for the Bench

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jul 1, 2008 If the long conservative era that began with Ronald Reagan's election is over, will the judges appointed during the right's ascendancy be able to block, frustrate and undermine the efforts of a new progressive majority? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )