Penny Pritzker, Barack Obama’s ‘Fairy Godmother’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 5, 2013 Obama was an inconsequential lawmaker in the Illinois Senate when his future pick to be U.S. secretary of Commerce introduced him to titans of the finance industry and raised three-quarters of a billion dollars toward his presidential election, investigative reporter Greg Palast tells us. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

We Vote, They Rule: The Case for Voter Rebellion

Scott Tucker / Truthdig Sep 17, 2012 Democratic and Republican politicians keep each other in business. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

Obama’s Confederate Marriage Policy

Scott Tucker / Truthdig Jun 8, 2012 Obama has not changed his long held position that each state still has the right to be an experimental station for or against marital equality, though most states now have some form of legal ban against gay marriage.Obama has not changed his long held position that each state still has the right to be an experimental station for or against marital equality. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Daddy’s Boy: Andrew Sullivan’s Presidential Crush

Scott Tucker / Truthdig Jun 5, 2012 The wider political pathology here is authoritarianism, and not simply a garden variety of British royalism. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Raining on Obama’s Gay Pride Parade

Staff / Truthdig May 15, 2012 Last time on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Scott Tucker disrupts the celebration of Obama's gay marriage announcement; the Green Party candidate; Robert Scheer and Sergei Plekhanov; austerity check; and the class politics of parking tickets.Last time on Truthdig Radio: Scott Tucker disrupts the celebration of Obama's gay marriage announcement; the Green Party candidate; Robert Scheer and Sergei Plekhanov; austerity check; and the class politics of parking tickets. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Raining on Obama’s Gay Pride Parade

Staff / Truthdig May 15, 2012 Last time on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Scott Tucker disrupts the celebration of Obama's gay marriage announcement; the Green Party candidate; Robert Scheer and Sergei Plekhanov; austerity check; and the class politics of parking tickets. Dig deeper

‘Out and Occupy’ Condemns Corporate ‘Pinkwashing ‘

Staff / Truthdig Feb 4, 2012 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Occupy and labor activists target gay-friendly marketing, Mitt Romney's immigration issues, Ron Paul challenges liberals, Lisa Bloom on pop culture dieting and Apple lovers take action.This week on Truthdig Radio: Activists target gay-friendly marketing, Mitt Romney's immigration issues, Ron Paul challenges liberals, Lisa Bloom on pop culture dieting and Apple lovers take action. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Out and Occupy’ Condemns Corporate ‘Pinkwashing’

Staff / Truthdig Feb 4, 2012 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Occupy and Labor activists target gay-friendly marketing, Mitt Romney's immigration issues, Ron Paul challenges liberals, Lisa Bloom on pop culture dieting and Apple lovers take action. Dig deeper

Remembering Danielle Mitterrand

Scott Tucker / Truthdig Nov 23, 2011 Danielle Mitterrand, who died Tuesday at 87, was a free woman, a volunteer at age 17 with the French Resistance and a lifelong fighter for human rights. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Long Live the New American Revolution

Scott Tucker / Truthdig Oct 8, 2011 The stitched-together movement that is overflowing from the Wall Street protest can have a huge impact if it holds firm against a malevolent corporatism and the political hucksters who dangle promises of “hope and change.” The movement stemming from the Wall Street protest can have an impact if it holds firm against a malevolent corporatism and political hucksters. Dig deeper ( 19 Min. Read )

On Manning, Fracking and Walker’s Chickens

Staff / Truthdig Jun 10, 2011 On this week’s episode of Truthdig radio in collaboration with KPFK, author Alice Walker tells tales of her beloved chickens, Scott Tucker speaks up for Bradley Manning, and Sarah Stillman reports about financial coercion in U.S. war zones. Plus: What's all this about fracking? Update: Full transcript. Dig deeper ( 36 Min. Read )

Building a Powerful Left in the United States

Staff / Truthdig Feb 2, 2011 Robert Scheer, Chris Hedges, David Sirota, Larry Gross and Scott Tucker go looking for America's missing movement in this special collaboration between Truthdig and Pacifica's KPFK.Robert Scheer, Chris Hedges, David Sirota, Larry Gross and Scott Tucker go looking for America's missing movement. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )