David McReynolds, Pacifist and Socialist, 1929-2018

Scott Tucker / Truthdig Aug 29, 2018 Charming, ornery, all too human: the radical legacy of a democratic socialist. Dig deeper ( 19 Min. Read )

Not a Paying Customer? Go Shit Somewhere Else.

Scott Tucker / Truthdig Jun 2, 2018 Maybe on the streets, and good luck with the cops. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

The Front Page of The New York Times Now Includes a Public Record of Donald Trump’s Sexual Bragging

Scott Tucker / Truthdig Oct 9, 2016 I am 61 years old and cannot recall the front page of The Gray Lady being so spicy. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Justice for Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden

Scott Tucker / Truthdig Sep 23, 2016 A radical defense of the human and political rights of Manning and Snowden should not be limited to only the known views and statements of such whistleblowers. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The Problem With Samantha Bee

Scott Tucker / Truthdig Sep 14, 2016 By turning Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein into a nonperson, comedian Samantha Bee encourages her audience to choose only from the mainstream parties, Democratic and Republican. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Opposing Hillary’s Corporate Campaign: A Response to Joe Conason

Scott Tucker / Truthdig Jul 6, 2015 In one Truthdig columnist's rebuttal of another, Scott Tucker takes on what he calls "a piece of Clintonista campaigning" by Joe Conason. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Glass Ceilings and Class Consciousness

Scott Tucker / Truthdig Nov 1, 2014 If Tim Cook and I ever had a political conversation -- unlikely -- we might well begin from some shared premises, but would certainly reach different conclusions. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A New Nuclear Arms Race: Why Peace Activists Must Wage an Open Battle Against the Democratic Party

Scott Tucker / Truthdig Oct 4, 2014 Barack Obama never had a truly independent policy for peace If we say that Obama was constrained by a renewed collision of imperial spheres of interest, we are telling only the convenient half of a half-truth. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Stephen Colbert on the Republican Party’s Failed Attempts to Court Female Voters

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Sep 11, 2014 The midterm elections are coming up, and despite the fact that a Politico poll shows Republicans have serious "lady problems," as the "Colbert Report" host puts it, most GOP candidates seem hellbent on continuing to ignore and belittle more than half the country's population. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Doug Ireland, Radical Journalist: 1946 – 2013

Scott Tucker / Truthdig Oct 30, 2013 Doug Ireland was not only a left-wing critic of sexual and political conformism among sectors of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender movements, but he was also one of the notable public intellectuals of the civil libertarian left.Doug Ireland was not only a left-wing critic of sexual and political conformism, but he was also one of the notable public intellectuals of the civil libertarian left. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Health Care for All: Why We Need a New Prescription

Scott Tucker / Truthdig Oct 2, 2013 The right-wing assault on Obamacare is a distraction, but the “progressive” (or rather party line) defense of the Affordable Care Act is also a dead end.The right-wing assault on Obamacare is a distraction, but the “progressive” defense of the Affordable Care Act is also a dead end. Dig deeper ( 19 Min. Read )

Love It or Leave It?

Scott Tucker / Truthdig Aug 25, 2013 Journalism is often a form of priestcraft. If human victims are required on the pyramids of sacrifice, a mob of journalists is always ready to slip on priestly robes while reaching for the knives. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )