Leslie Jamison’s Kaleidoscope of Loneliness

Elaine Margolin / Truthdig Jan 5, 2020 Essays feature a whale with online followers, families who believe a child led a prior life and Civil War photographers’ staging of corpses. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

How Emotional Abuse Takes Its Toll

By Geri Spieler Aug 17, 2018 The effects of intimate-partner violence are a factor in more than a quarter of female suicides or suicide attempts, one study shows. They are also a leading cause of substance abuse in women. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

First They Jailed the Bankers. Now All Icelanders Will Get a Payout From Bank Sale.

Staff / Truthdig Nov 9, 2015 Iceland’s revolutionary approach to dealing with the international financial meltdown of 2008 certainly deserves every bit of the attention it has garnered. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Hurricane Katrina, 10 Years Later: Recovery Efforts Gauged Differently According to Race

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Aug 27, 2015 Just as the immediate aftereffects of Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans residents in different ways—depending on race, class and other factors—the story of the city's recovery a decade later varies, depending on who tells it. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Iceland Jailed Bankers and Rejected Austerity — and It’s Been a Success

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Jun 11, 2015 Iceland’s insistence on following a different drummer after the global economic collapse is evidence that a more ethical approach can work. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Where’s the Gratitude?

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Oct 7, 2014 President Obama is clearly frustrated that having inherited an economy that was at death's door, he is getting remarkably little credit for getting it back on its feet. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Drowning in Profits

By Laura Gottesdiener, TomDispatch Jun 23, 2014 A story of a private equity firm, a missing pool fence, and the death of a two-year-old child raises troubling questions about how, as a nation, we define security in housing and why, in the midst of what’s regularly termed a “recovery,” many neighborhoods may actually be growing increasingly vulnerable. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Why Pundits, Journalists and Bloggers Don’t Get Hard Times

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Nov 28, 2013 We've read over and over that the great recession is behind us, although evidence of human suffering abounds. This is not a new phenomenon, and it was ably described a lifetime ago by Eugene V. Debs. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

New Record: Richest Americans Took Half of All Income in 2012

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Sep 12, 2013 A new study has concluded that the wealthiest 10 percent of Americans have never in the last century taken a larger slice of the income pie. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A 7.5 Percent Jobless Rate Means the McRecovery Continues

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 3, 2013 The U.S. economy appears to have added just enough jobs in April to keep pace with population growth, and the new positions are low wage and mostly nonunion. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Recovery for the Piggies, Not You

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 1, 2013 The economic crisis "ended only for the top 7 percent of households that have substantial holdings of stocks and bonds," former Reagan Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Paul Craig Roberts writes. "The other 93% of the American population is still in recession." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Gas Price and Recovery

John Cole, Cagle Cartoons, The Scranton Times-Tribune Feb 25, 2013 Dig deeper