‘On Contact’ With Chris Hedges: Wrongfully Convicted and Living With the Consequences

Staff / Truthdig Jul 11, 2016 In a new episode of “On Contact,” Chris Hedges’ new show on RT, the Truthdig columnist speaks with author Alison Flowers about wrongful convictions and the challenges people face after spending years in prison for crimes they did not commit. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

WikiLeaks Claims the U.S. Government Funded the Panama Papers Against Russia (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Apr 8, 2016 The international whistleblowing organization claims the U.S. Agency for International Development and American hedge fund billionaire George Soros funded the attack on Russian President Vladimir Putin that was part of the Panama Papers expose this week. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Will the Ukrainian Cease-Fire Hold?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 14, 2015 Jeffrey Sommers, senior fellow at the University of Wisconsin’s Institute of World Affairs, is “cautiously optimistic” that a deal aimed at ending hostilities in Ukraine’s Donbass region will terminate the nearly yearlong civil war. (Pictured is Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

How Did 80 People Get Half of the World’s Wealth?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 26, 2015 Oxfam reports that just 80 people possess the same quantity of wealth as 3.5 billion others. On RT's Crosstalk, economist Michael Hudson discusses how this happened with Oxfam official Max Lawson and Richard Wellings at London's Institute for Economic Affairs. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges on the Roots of Terrorism

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jan 14, 2015 RT's Abby Martin interviews the Truthdig columnist about his recent piece and the shooting at Charlie Hebdo in Paris. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Do You Know What Banks Are Actually Doing With Your Money?

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Dec 23, 2014 Russell Brand sits down with Max Keiser, who hosts a financial show on RT, to ask him to explain some of the things a lot of us don't understand about banks. Keiser's answers may surprise and disgust you. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges: In Ukraine, Washington Uses Fake Evidence as Usual

Staff / Truthdig Apr 28, 2014 "There is, as with any government, an official narrative that they seek to disseminate to the public and get the press to adopt," the Truthdig columnist told RT host Sophie Shevardnadze. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

How Cold War-Hungry Neocons Stage Managed RT Anchor Liz Wahl’s Resignation

Staff / Truthdig Mar 19, 2014 For her public act of protest against Russia Today’s coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukrainian territory and supposedly advancing the agenda of Vladimir Putin in Washington D.C., previously unknown news anchor Liz Wahl has suddenly become one of the most famous unemployed people in America. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

One Russia Today Host Refuses Banishment to Crimea, Another Quits on Air

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Mar 6, 2014 Abby Martin of Kremlin-funded Russia Today has had a whirlwind couple of days, and she seems to have come out on top. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges: Crisis Zones, Collapse and the Antidote to Defeatism

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 10, 2014 The Truthdig columnist spoke with RT's Abby Martin on "Breaking the Set" about the forces driving the acceleration of global decline.The Truthdig columnist spoke with RT's Abby Martin about the forces driving the acceleration of global decline. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Debt Is a Weapon for Taking Your Things Away

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 20, 2014 The treasured University of Missouri, Kansas City economics professor Michael Hudson explains to RT how debt is used "as a means of foreclosing on property and transferring" it "from the debtor to the creditor." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Impracticality of Bitcoin

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 24, 2013 The presently unregulated digital currency has libertarians and currency speculators in a tizzy over the possibility of making a lot of money in a short time. Greek political economist Yanis Varoufakis tells RT whether there is any reason to believe Bitcoin, currently valued at $900, is practical for use by ordinary people and sustainable as a means of exchange overall. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )