‘Free Markets’ Will Be the End of the Middle Class

Marshall Auerback / Independent Media Institute Nov 5, 2019 Only by shedding the neoliberal shibboleths of the past 40 years can we create a sustainable industrial policy and an economy for all. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Lawyers Deem European Union Migrant Policy a Crime Against Humanity

LORI HINNANT / The Associated Press Jun 3, 2019 A request filed with the International Criminal Court alleges that EU officials are knowingly responsible for deaths of migrants at land and sea. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Thom Hartmann: This is How Republics Die

Thom Hartmann / Independent Media Institute May 22, 2019 Under siege by a rapacious billionaire class, America finds itself at risk of sliding into autocracy like countless nations before it. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

America Has a Lot to Learn From the Roman Empire’s Fall

Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch Feb 17, 2019 There are plenty of parallels between the new Rome and the old one. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Capitalism Is Beyond Saving, and America Is Living Proof

Jacob Bacharach / Truthdig Aug 31, 2018 In one of the most prosperous societies ever to exist on earth, nearly half the population struggles to make ends meet. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Migrant Rescue Ship Awaits OK to Dock After Italy, Malta Say No

FRANCES D'EMILIO / The Associated Press Jun 10, 2018 A ship and its passengers are caught in a crackdown by the right-wing partner in Italy's new populist government, which has vowed to stop the country from becoming the "refugee camp of Europe." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Pope Admits His ‘Grave Errors’ in Handling Sex Case

NICOLE WINFIELD and EVA VERGARA / The Associated Press Apr 12, 2018 Pope Francis invites the victims in Chile's sex abuse scandal to Rome to beg their forgiveness. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Truthdig’s Top 50 TD Originals of 2017

Staff / Truthdig Dec 29, 2017 In a tough year, our most popular opinion pieces provided analysis of the news and solutions for the problems we face. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Hell Hath No Fury Like Mother Nature Scorned

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Dec 9, 2017 When will humans learn? Nothing is more powerful than the natural world. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Death of the Republic

Chris Hedges / Truthdig May 22, 2017 The despotic forces that destroyed ancient Rome and other empires are destroying us. And removing Trump would not halt the disintegration. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Playing the Fiddle

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig Apr 16, 2017 Dig deeper

Electing the Tyrant: Parallels Among Ancient Rome, Mexico During the Conquest and the U.S. Today

By M. Antonio Jimenez / Silicon Valley De-Bug Nov 23, 2016 If the Romans taught us anything, it is that their republic was built on excluding the many. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )