TD Column

The Next Stage: Denaturalize and Deport

Bill Blum / Truthdig Aug 4, 2025 There is ample, dark historical precedent for the Trump administration’s imminent revival of mass denaturalization. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

Trump’s Antisemitism Scare

Adam Zyglis May 1, 2025 Dig deeper

Interview

When History Rhymes: Muskism and McCarthyism

Alan Dean, Charles Petersen, Corey Robin / n+1 Mar 28, 2025 A conversation with Corey Robin on fear in the workplace. Dig deeper ( 21 Min. Read )

Arts & Culture

‘Wicked,’ ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and the Blacklisted Lyricist Yip Harburg

Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan / DemocracyNow! Jan 3, 2025 Now is a good time to remember the man who dignified the downtrodden, the working class and immigrants. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

TD Original

​Remembering Norma Barzman, Last of the Hollywood Blacklistees

Ed Rampell / Truthdig Jan 10, 2024 A victim of the 1940s Reds-under-the-beds hysteria, the feisty screenwriter went into exile and held firm to her values. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Education

America’s New “Red Scare” in Schools

Bill Greer / History News Network Jun 26, 2023 Like today's hysteria over Critical Race Theory, a century ago, the American government targeted teachers who discussed Bolshevism. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Democrats Are Becoming the Party of Permanent War

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Nov 6, 2019 For the liberal establishment, even muted praise of the president's anti-interventionist rhetoric has become a crime akin to treason. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Politico’s Veiled Attempt to Dig Up Dirt on Bernie Sanders Backfires

Teddy Ostrow / FAIR May 12, 2019 The magazine's comments on the then-mayor of Burlington, Vermont's 1980s TV show are more eye-opening than anything Sanders actually said. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Republican Red-Baiting Is Going to Backfire

Jim Hightower / May 6, 2019 GOP lawmakers are overplaying a weak hand and bumbling over their own ignorance with their frantic McCarthyesque tactics. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

American History for Truthdiggers: Civil Rights, a Dream Deferred

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig May 4, 2019 The struggle—far from finished—was never as finite or clear-cut as the myth that persists in our collective memory. Dig deeper ( 26 Min. Read )

Politics

American History for Truthdiggers: A Cruel, Costly and Anxious ‘Cold’ War

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Mar 23, 2019 In the aftermath of World War II, the U.S. found a new enemy—its recent Soviet ally—and a new kind of conflict was born. Dig deeper ( 58 Min. Read )

The Oligarchs’ ‘Guaranteed Basic Income’ Scam

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Apr 1, 2018 Don’t buy the oily declarations from the tech billionaires and others that they want to help you survive financially. What they want is to more fully stuff their own pockets. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )