‘Brief Histories of Inequality’: Student Debt Edition

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 8, 2014 Salon columnist Thomas Frank takes us from the start of the university "tuition spiral" in the early ’80s, past the refusal to note the role of ballooning administrative costs, and through the emergence of the view that as an investment in future earnings, individuals should shoulder whatever price for education the market sets. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Borrowing to Attend an American College May Be Hazardous to Your Dreams’

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig May 27, 2014 What if the real reason college has become increasingly inaccessible is that the institution itself is a "scam meant to perpetuate the 1 percent?" Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Lewis Lapham and Thomas Frank Forecast the Next American Revolution

BLANK May 5, 2014 The Harper's Magazine associates have had their eyes on America and its moneyed rulers for a combined nine decades. In a bookstore conversation about the latest issue of Lapham's Quarterly, they name the forces conspiring to drive the nation into another age of upheaval. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Adolph Reed Jr.: The Left Has Left the Building

Staff / Truthdig Mar 12, 2014 Ineffectual liberals and the corporate takeover of the Democratic Party have not only tipped the whole country over to the right but have vanquished any lingering notion of “the left." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘The Dick Joke Is Not Always Your Friend’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 6, 2014 The recently deceased Harold Ramis' beloved anti-authoritarian comedies of the late ’70s and the ’80s (including "Animal House" starring John Belushi, pictured) were pop trojan horses of then-emerging right-wing cultural values, former Harper's Magazine columnist Thomas Frank writes at Salon. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Liberal Love of ‘Inequality’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 27, 2014 Like "neoliberalism," former Harper's Magazine columnist Thomas Frank writes at Salon, the tone of the term "inequality" is "needlessly clinical, giving the whole debate a technical and bloodless air." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The New York Times Website Ads Go Native

Staff / Truthdig Jan 4, 2014 The famous newspaper's getting an online makeover, complete with new advertisements; the U.S. military has tested a laser that could change war as we know it; meanwhile, whether Kim Jong Un fed his uncle to dogs has come into question. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Is There Really a Terrorist Threat?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 11, 2013 "It is more plausible to look upon the embassy closures and the official accounts thereof as political theater and insulting, cynical manipulation than it is to accept them at face value," author Patrick Smith writes at Salon. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Raising Minimum Wage Increases Quality of Life, Not Unemployment

Staff / Truthdig Aug 10, 2013 Though many economists would have you that believe raising the minimum wage would result in higher unemployment rates, they are mistaken. Statistical analyses of a significant sampling of studies have shown no evidence that unemployment rates are affected by wage increases. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Sex, Lies and Crisis Pregnancy Centers

Staff / Truthdig Aug 9, 2013 An undercover advocate from NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia recorded a conversation with a counselor at a crisis pregnancy center during which she was told, among other outrageous things, that condoms don’t protect against STDs, birth control pills increase the risk of breast cancer, and -- brace yourself -- she would encounter her aborted child’s soul in the future. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘We Are Slowly Dying’: Fast-Food Workers Strike for Wages, Rights and Dignity

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 3, 2013 Fast food and retail workers are striking for the right to unionize and a living wage in seven cities: Milwaukee; Chicago; St. Louis; Kansas City, Mo.; Detroit; Flint, Mich.; and New York City. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Glenn Greenwald Will Write for The Guardian

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 20, 2012 Did you hear? Salon’s star blogger is moving his soapbox to The Guardian, where he says he will reach a new audience while retaining full editorial control over his political writing. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )