Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould / TruthdigApr 24, 2017
This four-part series called "Universal Empire" examines the current stage of the neocon takeover of American policy that began after World War II. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
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Turning Point USA seeks to "expose and document college professors who discriminate against conservative students" by publishing a list of almost 200 professors who, the nonprofit organization says, promote leftist propaganda in the classroom. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigAug 19, 2016
As the media and politicians work to cast Russia as a great threat to Americans, the arms industry is pressuring NATO member states to spend at least 2 percent of their gross domestic products on weapons and defense systems. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Bill Blum / TruthdigMay 31, 2016
In the Cold War era, the Vermont senator's "socialist" label would have been enough to stop his campaign in its tracks, but now, many younger voters don't know what communism was and, as a result, Red-baiting has lost its sting. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Bill Blum / TruthdigFeb 15, 2013
Assassinations have long been regarded as a basic element of foreign relations that largely remained in the dark, unspoken of but widely practiced in response to perceived threats to national security. Assassinations have long been regarded as basic elements of foreign relations that were largely unspoken of but widely practiced in response to perceived threats to national security. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJul 13, 2012
In the early hours of July 10, armed SWAT officers burst through the doors of an apartment belonging to organizers of Occupy Seattle as part of an ongoing investigation into the May Day riots. Phillip Neel, one of the residents of that apartment, talks about the ordeal. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 6, 2010
Leading scientists are criticizing Chinese doctors and farmers for what they believe is a reckless overuse of antibiotics in both the medical and agricultural industries, which, they argue, has led to an explosion of resistant "superbugs" endangering global health. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigSep 30, 2009
Communism once was, as the Islamic terrorist threat is today, presented as an undifferentiated revolutionary impulse that could never be diplomatically accommodated without sacrificing our own security or, indeed, our freedom. The various communist nations and movements, like those currently led by a polyglot collection of Islamist radicals, were stripped of any complexity, be it in their national identity or ideology.
This week the Chinese Communists celebrate their 60th year in power, an event that the make-war-not-peace crowd might benefit from contemplating. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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