The Surest Sign Yet Billionaires Are Building an Oligarchy

Jim Naureckas / FAIR Sep 24, 2018 Jeff Bezos and his ilk are gobbling up the nation's newspapers. We should all be concerned for the future of our democracy. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Apple Becomes First Trillion-Dollar Company

MICHAEL LIEDTKE / The Associated Press Aug 2, 2018 The milestone reached Thursday marks the latest triumph of a trend-setting company that two mavericks named Steve started in a Silicon Valley garage 42 years ago. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

A Fresh Look at Labor Issues in ‘Sorry to Bother You’

Jordan Riefe / Truthdig Jul 2, 2018 Boots Riley’s promising film debut takes on casual and institutional racism, corporate greed, class subjugation and coarsening public discourse. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Tech Giants Are Destroying Privacy, Producing Inequality and Undermining Democracy

By Don Hazen / AlterNet Apr 18, 2017 Author Jonathan Taplin discusses how novelist Ayn Rand's cruel libertarianism has permeated Google, Amazon, Facebook and the White House. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

Eight Syrian-Americans We’d Miss

By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Sep 4, 2016 Here are a few of those with at least some Syrian ancestry who wouldn’t be here if Trumpism had kept their ancestors out. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Golden Globes: A Contender for Best Comedy

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Jan 12, 2016 The scandal-plagued awards show gets a nod for spotting groundbreakers, but the back-scratching nature of the ceremony makes it a little hard to swallow. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Whether Dealing With Jewish Refugees in ’30s or Syrians Today, U.S. Falls Short of Its Own Ideals

Juan Cole / Truthdig Nov 17, 2015 If we’re going to bomb Syria, we need to take care of the displaced. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Enough of This Nonsense About Steve Jobs Being an Artist

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 22, 2015 The triumph of Steve Jobs, Apple and tech in general was ushering in a new language of business. The iPhone is not a hand-held computer; it is an “extension of oneself.” And Jobs and his disciples are not merely businessmen and technicians but also “poets and artists.” Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Can Apple, Google and Facebook Save Us From Big Brother?

Thor Benson / Truthdig Sep 11, 2015 The big tech companies have the resources to launch a campaign for privacy that could change the world. As one scholar and researcher has written, “They may be our best chance out of this surveillance mess.” Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Jobs and Schmidt’s ‘Gentlemen’s Agreement’ to Suppress Wages

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 25, 2014 Emails unveiled in federal court suggest Apple founder Steve Jobs and Google CEO Eric Schmidt made a secret and perhaps illegal pact not to hire each other's workers and to keep salaries low. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Apple $290 Million Richer, Courtesy of Samsung (and a Federal Jury)

Staff / Truthdig Nov 22, 2013 Because Apple Inc. could really use another electronics giant's spare change, Samsung Electronics Co. will be forking over some $290 million to give the tech empire Steve Jobs built a helping hand. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

School ‘Reform’ the Walmart Way

Staff / Truthdig Mar 6, 2013 The Walton family, better known as the Walmart heirs, have invested millions in trying to privatize Los Angeles public schools; perhaps the true culprit of the sequester is President Obama; meanwhile, the former pope's resignation can be seen as a sound surrender rather than a cowardly abdication. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )