Investigators Seek Evidence Implicating the CIA in 1976 Murder of Chilean Diplomat on U.S. Soil

Staff / Truthdig Oct 11, 2015 Recently declassified documents make it clear that the brutal Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet ordered the car-bomb killing of Chile's former Foreign Minister Orlando Letelier near the White House in 1976. However, an important question remains. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Jeb Bush’s Brotherly Bet

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Aug 13, 2015 Bush, who has been flat in the polls, has a particular need: to shift a Donald Trump-saturated discussion of who is the most flamboyant personality toward a conversation about which Republicans might plausibly be president of the United States. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Federal Judge Reveals the Shocking Truth About Our Broken Criminal Justice System

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jul 29, 2015 Alex Kozinski, a Reagan-appointed California judge, explains why Americans need to open their eyes and realize that the U.S. justice system is far from just. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

VIDEO: John Oliver: Mandatory Minimum Prison Sentences Are a Relic of Reagan-Era Drug Paranoia

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jul 27, 2015 The "Last Week Tonight" host makes the compelling case for not only getting rid of mandatory minimum prison sentences for drug offenses, but for passing legislation that would allow existing prisoners to apply to have their sentences reduced retroactively. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iran Deal: Why Should We Heed the Same Voices That Are Always Wrong?

Joe Conason / Truthdig Jul 18, 2015 What everyone should remember about the agreement's most prominent foes is something they will never mention: their own shameful record in promoting our very worst foreign policy mistake since Vietnam. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Obama: A Reaganite on Iran

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jul 16, 2015 President Obama was a long way from being ebullient about Iran at his news conference Wednesday. But like Ronald Reagan, he's willing to take a chance on the idea that reaching our goals through negotiation can be wiser than the alternatives. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Williams Incident: Reagan and Bush Lied About Military Records but Got a Pass

Juan Cole / Truthdig Feb 7, 2015 NBC nightly news anchor Brian Williams is under fire for repeatedly having told an embellished story of being in a Chinook helicopter that took RPG and small arms fire at the beginning of the Iraq War and was forced down. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

What Change Sounds Like

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jan 20, 2015 The rumblings you are hearing from the right are the sounds of an old consensus in the process of disintegrating. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Failure of Republican Economics

Robert Reich / Truthdig Dec 29, 2014 Dynamic scoring is the magical-mystery math Republicans have been pushing since they came up with supply-side “trickle-down” economics. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Noam Chomsky: The U.S. Declares Itself to Be the World’s Leading Terror State and Is Proud of It

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Dec 13, 2014 The acclaimed linguist and philosopher sits down with GRITtv's Laura Flanders to discuss the crimes America was founded on, how social movements like the Ferguson protests can help the U.S. progress, and other topics such as capitalism, China and his friendship with none other than Amy Goodman's father. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

War on Poverty

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AIDS Epidemic Met With Silence and Laughter by the Reagan Administration

Staff / Truthdig Dec 4, 2013 Everyone knows President Ronald Reagan ignored the AIDS epidemic, but few know his press secretary publicly chuckled about it; Hillary Clinton hasn't weighed in on the Iran deal, prompting some to wonder whether there are neocon forces pulling her strings; meanwhile, a $40,000 TV went on sale on Amazon, leading to hilarious comments mocking the uber-rich. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )