So You Say You Want a Revolución?

Saul Landau / Truthdig Aug 5, 2006 President Bush may be offering Cuba the chance to refashion itself in America's image, but Cubans aren't buying what Bush is selling. Wonder why? Saul Landau, an award-winning American filmmaker and journalist who has worked extensively in Cuba over the last 40 years, lays out the answers. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

A Tale of Two Transitions

Nicholas Shumaker / Truthdig Aug 2, 2006 Why is the United States still pumping tens of millions per year into regime-change efforts that have proved to be a dismal failure? Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Playing the Atheism Card Against Pat Tillman’s Family

Stan Goff / Truthdig Jul 28, 2006 The family of slain NFL-player-turned-Army-Ranger Pat Tillman may have been irreligious, but does that mean they're not entitled to the truth about the fratricide that killed their son? New Truthdig contributor Stan Goff, a retired U.S. Army Special Forces soldier who has written extensively on the topic, probes for the truth. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges: Mutually Assured Destruction in the Middle East

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jul 15, 2006 The former Middle East bureau chief for The New York Times and author of the bestseller "War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning" argues in this Truthdig column that the bloodshed now engulfing Lebanon and Israel will only worsen as long as extremists on both sides continue to indulge in "collective necrophilia." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Convenient Omissions on the Road to Guantanamo

Sheerly Avni / Truthdig Jun 24, 2006 Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross have made a necessary and important critique of grave injustices at Guantanamo Bay. But are their storytelling techniques entirely on the level? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Truthdig Interview: Mark Fainaru-Wada

James Harris / Truthdig Jun 14, 2006 Mark Fainaru-Wada is one of two San Francisco Chronicle reporters who broke the Barry Bonds steroid stories. With a new book out, Fainaru-Wada discussed with Truthdig contributor James Harris whether Congress doesn't have better things to do than hold hearings into pro sports; whether pro baseball really cares about cleaning up its image; and the federal government's attempts to get Fainaru-Wada to disclose his confidential sources. Dig deeper ( 17 Min. Read )

‘Scanning’ the Darkness of Our War on Drugs

Steven Kotler / Truthdig May 15, 2006 In this summer's most talked-about movie, "A Scanner Darkly," Keanu Reeves stars as an undercover narcotics agent losing his grip on reality in an America that has lost the war on drugs. True, the film is a warning call, but might it also inadvertently channel us toward the very dystopia it is warning against? This article ran in May, but we're trotting it out again because the movie just hit theaters this week. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

What Would Jack Bauer Really Do?

Adam Elkus / Truthdig Apr 26, 2006 In championing ?24,? Pat Buchanan and Bush administration apologists oversimplify a complex depiction of counter-terrorism and also use an idealized fictional violence to justify real-world abuses of the law and authority. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Nicole Holofcener: The Truthdig Interview

Sheerly Avni / Truthdig Apr 7, 2006 The director who has been called the "Woody Allen of the West Coast" talks about her new ensemble film, Friends With Money,Ӕ starring Jennifer Aniston, Frances McDormand, Catherine Keener and Joan Cusack, which opened last week. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

David Muhammad: The Truthdig Interview

Sheerly Avni / Truthdig Apr 3, 2006 The prominent black activist and mentor for incarcerated youth in Oakland, Calif. argues that it's time to hold hip-hop artists accountable for the messages behind their music. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Fishing for a Pretext to Squeeze Iran

Juan Cole / Truthdig Mar 14, 2006 Truthdig's Middle Eastern affairs expert argues that the Iranian nuclear issue "has not reached the point of crisis, and therefore other motivations must be sought for the Bush administration's breathless rhetoric." UPDATE: Cole says that Bush's recent linking of Iran to Iraqi roadside bombs is "wholly implausible." Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

A Coverup Under Two Presidents: The Unsolved Mystery of the Oklahoma City Bombing

Andrew Gumbel / Truthdig Feb 22, 2006 One hundred sixty-eight died -- but we still don't know for certain the identities of their killers. A look at the striking parallels between the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center, and how the FBI resisted, and is still resisting, giving full accounts of each. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )