How Free Is Free Speech in America?

Bill Blum / Truthdig Jan 13, 2015 The uncomfortable truth is that here, as elsewhere around the world, freedom of expression has never come easily and is nearly always threatened in one way or another. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Community College Cause

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jan 13, 2015 Permit me to declare my bias: I came to revere community colleges for very personal reasons and learned to admire them because they are central to restoring social and economic mobility in our nation. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

On Cuba, Republicans Know Only Failure

Joe Conason / Truthdig Dec 20, 2014 Listen carefully to the Republican leaders and presidential hopefuls roaring with outrage over President Barack Obama's courageous decision to normalize relations with Cuba; listen very carefully, because no matter how long or how closely you listen to them, there is one thing you will surely never hear. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

What Is Chuck Schumer Up To?

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Dec 18, 2014 The senior senator from New York says he was surprised that nine paragraphs in a 6,600-word speech got all the attention. He shouldn't have been. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama Exposes Republican Malfunction

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Nov 25, 2014 The president's immigration action has forced the contradictions of the Republican establishmentarians into the sunlight. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama Remains High-Handed — And Wrong — About Ukraine

William Pfaff / Truthdig Nov 19, 2014 For a man who had taken a stunning electoral blow two weeks earlier, Barack Obama completed his Asian trip with an air of unperturbed leadership of the world. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Obama Governs for the Nonvoting Majority

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Nov 18, 2014 Obama's Republican critics say that his forceful approach on immigration, climate change and net neutrality show he isn't paying attention to what the voters said in the midterm elections. They're right. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama Still Counts on ‘Hopey-Changey Stuff’

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Nov 4, 2014 President Obama has always had a thing about hope as an antidote to cynicism. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Elizabeth Warren Is the Star of This Show

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Oct 21, 2014 Sen. Elizabeth Warren says she isn't running for president. At this rate, however, she may have to. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Blue-Collar Imperative

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Oct 21, 2014 Democrats in Kentucky and Georgia are pushing hard to win back the white working-class vote from Republicans. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Freedom of Speech

Kap, Cagle Cartoons, Spain Oct 20, 2014 Dig deeper

Say It Ain’t So, Joe!

Richard Reeves / Truthdig Oct 9, 2014 I could be mad at Vice President Joe Biden, who has been here in Los Angeles for two days and tied up traffic for miles at a time. But it's hard. He's just too nice a guy, even if he talks too much -- and worse, these days, tells the truth. Dig deeper