Apple Won’t Allow Movie Villains to Use iPhones

By Zach Sharf / Salon Feb 28, 2020 "Knives Out" director Rian Johnson explains why the bad guy in his latest film isn't using any of the tech company's products. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Is Pete Buttigieg the Future of the Democratic Party?

Kathie Bozanich / Truthdig Mar 26, 2019 The progressive mayor from South Bend has surged to third place in a new Iowa poll, riding a wave of support from 18- to 29-year-olds. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

‘Mulholland Drive’ Is David Lynch’s ‘Ulysses’

Allen Barra / Truthdig Oct 12, 2018 As the filmmaker readies for his Festival of Disruption in Los Angeles, one of his most compelling fever dreams deserves another look. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Forget Russia. The Damage to American Democracy Is ‘Homegrown and Self-Actualized.’

Staff / Truthdig Jul 20, 2017 Media critic Norman Solomon says the Democratic Party's Russia fixation ignores vital messaging on important issues. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

From the Annals of U.S. History: America’s Role in Creating Islamic Extremism

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Nov 18, 2015 It's a refrain that has been played and replayed before, but some Americans might need yet another refresher. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

AUDIO: Robert Scheer and David Talbot Explore the Origins of America’s Secret Government

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Nov 14, 2015 In the second episode of "Scheer Intelligence”—Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer’s new KCRW podcast—Salon.com founding Editor David Talbot tells how former CIA chief Allen Dulles defied Franklin Roosevelt to conscript former Nazi leaders in preparation for war with the Soviet Union—one of many deviations from official history that are recounted in Talbot's new book, "The Devil's Chessboard." (With transcript)In the second episode of "Scheer Intelligence”—Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer’s new KCRW podcast—Salon.com founding Editor David Talbot tells how former CIA chief Allen Dulles defied Franklin Roosevelt to conscript former Nazi leaders in preparation for war with the Soviet Union, as reported in Talbot's new book, "The Devil's Chessboard." Dig deeper ( 25 Min. Read )

Do the Media Have a Double Standard When It Comes to Bernie Sanders?

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig May 28, 2015 Salon's Simon Maloy points out that while every move of Republican presidential hopefuls is reported by U.S. media, the Vermont senator's ideas are either unreported or ridiculed, despite their apparent value in the face of growing inequality. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘I Found Myself Turning Into an Idiot!’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 6, 2015 Salon contributor Elias Isquith asked former university academic, author and activist David Graeber what made him want to write a book about bureaucracy. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Robert Scheer: On Civil Liberties, Obama’s ‘Probably the Worst President We’ve Had’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 28, 2015 Barack Obama “makes George W. Bush and Richard Nixon look good by comparison," Truthdig's editor-in-chief told Salon in an interview about his new book, “They Know Everything About You: How Data-Collecting Corporations and Snooping Government Agencies Are Destroying Democracy.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Does Laughing at ‘Daily Show’ Clips Blind Us to Democrats’ Follies?

Staff / Truthdig Aug 12, 2014 Though poking fun at right wingers is amusing, a Salon writer argues that it gets Democrats off the hook; Israeli media are "waking up" to the devastation in Gaza and to international criticism; meanwhile, an IBM chip has been developed that works similarly to human brains. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Why Millennials Find Israel’s Actions Harder to Justify Than Other Generations

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Aug 3, 2014 Recent polls show a growing divide between a younger generation that's "over Israel" and their elders who, according to Salon writer David Palumbo-Liu, still view the recent conflict in the context of the Holocaust among other reasons. But can we wait for Generation Y to address the "tremendous humanitarian crisis" taking place in Gaza? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘My Party Has Lost Its Soul’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 28, 2014 In a Salon review Sunday of Ralph Nader's spring 2014 book "Unstoppable," Bill Curry, former White House counselor to President Bill Clinton, takes Democrats led by Clinton and Barack Obama to task for making their party an indentured servant of Wall Street and gifting economic populism to the right. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )