Intelligence Director to Edward Snowden: Hand Over Your Documents

Staff / Truthdig Jan 29, 2014 If former NSA analyst-turned-whistle-blower Edward Snowden is sitting on any more classified documents with intent to leak their contents, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper believes Snowden ought to give them back to the U.S. government. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Too Scared to Go Outside’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 31, 2013 One year ago, a 67-year-old Pakistani woman was killed allegedly in a U.S. drone attack while picking vegetables with her grandchildren. President Obama has never acknowledged her death or that of any other alleged drone victim in Pakistan. This week, her son and two of her grandchildren traveled to Washington, D.C., to testify before members of Congress. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Where Have All the Watchdogs Gone?

Staff / Truthdig Jun 8, 2012 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: putting government watchdogs back to work, filmmaker Robert Greenwald, Occupy funnyman Nato Green, student debt and anarchy historian Thai Jones. Dig deeper

Where Have All the Watchdogs Gone?

Staff / Truthdig Jun 8, 2012 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Putting government watchdogs back to work, filmmaker Robert Greenwald, Occupy funnyman Nato Green, student debt and anarchy historian Thai Jonescom/avbooth/category/truthdig_radio/" title="Truthdig Radio">Truthdig Radio: Putting government watchdogs back to work, Robert Greenwald, Nato Green, student debt and Thai Jones. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Are the Koch Brothers Messing With Your Voting Rights?

Staff / Truthdig Nov 8, 2011 As promised, Robert Greenwald's Brave New Films is zooming in on those 1 percenters who are using their powers for evil. So it's no surprise that Greenwald's outfit would follow up with a video exposé about the Koch brothers, voter suppression and you. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Exposing the Worst of the 1 Percent

Staff / Truthdig Nov 3, 2011 Robert Greenwald's Brave New Films is preparing a multimedia onslaught to expose those 1 percenters who use their monetary and political powers to the disadvantage of others -- sometimes millions of others, as in the case of Bank of America (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Koch Brothers and Public School Segregation

Staff / Truthdig Aug 17, 2011 In its latest attack on the billionaire Koch brothers, Robert Greenwald's Brave New Films shows how the fearsome libertarian duo used their wealth and power to elect four segregationists to North Carolina's Wake County school board in 2009. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

It’s Good to Be a Koch

Staff / Truthdig May 6, 2011 Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films wonders why the Koch brothers, with $42 billion and seven homes, are attacking the most vulnerable Americans. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Brave New PacMan

Staff / Truthdig Nov 9, 2010 Robert Greenwald and the crew over at Brave New Films have come up with a fun way to handle election hangover. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hi Ho, American Capitalism

Staff / Truthdig Oct 3, 2009 What's wrong with the American economic system? That's what "Capitalism: A Love Story" auteur Michael Moore wants to know, and Sen. Bernie Sanders is on hand to answer him in his latest installment of Brave New Films' "Senator Sanders Unfiltered" series. (Hint: It has something to do with "an unfettered, cowboy-type capitalism" that stems largely from the Reagan era.) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Brave New Baucus Bill Primer

Staff / Truthdig Sep 29, 2009 As this commentary from the vigilant videographers over at Robert Greenwald's Brave New Films outfit points out, Sen. Max Baucus' health care reform bill definitely would serve the interests of at least some interested parties -- namely, the health insurance companies themselves. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Sick for Profit’

Staff / Truthdig Aug 13, 2009 Robert Greenwald and Brave New Films have a simple but compelling health care argument: Compare the obscene earnings of one insurance CEO to the comparatively bargain claims his company has refused to honor. UnitedHealth Group CEO Stephen Hemsley, this clip argues, is personally profiting from the misery of children. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )