Oliver Stone Questions Why Congress Voted to Sanction Russia (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Aug 8, 2017 "Depressing" is the director's word for a House action against Russia's alleged election meddling. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Oliver Stone: School Boards ‘Decide to Miseducate’ Kids (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Aug 7, 2017 The director says children are more interested in the "horror film" version of the truth than what is taught as history. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Oliver Stone: ‘Reagan Played Footsie With Saddam Hussein’ (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Aug 6, 2017 The film director discusses the Iran-Contra affair and Ronald Reagan's political maneuverings in the Middle East. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Stone on Growing Up Republican and What Changed His Views (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Aug 5, 2017 The film director sees choosing political affiliations as a "growing-up process where you have to educate yourself out of some old beliefs." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Scheer: ‘Fake News’ Label Is Used to ‘Whitewash American History’ (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Aug 4, 2017 The term has real power now, says Truthdig's editor in chief, "and you can use it against anyone who comes up with a narrative different from yours." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Putin Told Oliver Stone He Had Expected Clinton to Win (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Aug 3, 2017 The film director discusses conversations he had with the Russian president in the run-up to the most recent presidential election. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Oliver Stone Describes What He Witnessed in Russia During Boris Yeltsin’s Presidency (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Aug 2, 2017 "The Yeltsin period is looked back on as a disaster by most Russians," says the director, "where American [advisers] helped open up the store to oligarchs." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

In Conversation With Oliver Stone, Robert Scheer Discusses Irrational Blaming of Russia (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Aug 1, 2017 "This time, the call for a redbaiting campaign comes from people on the Democratic side even more forcefully than on the Republican," notes the Truthdig editor in chief. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Live at Truthdig: Oliver Stone in Conversation With Robert Scheer

BLANK Jul 26, 2017 The director on his "The Putin Interviews" series. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The American Meaning of War: Reality or Reality Television?

By Rebecca Gordon / TomDispatch Jun 30, 2017 There are so many wars and war rumors involving America these days that it's starting to feel a little unreal, even for the most devoted of news watchers. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

How Media Monopolies Are Undermining Democracy and Threatening Net Neutrality

BLANK Jun 9, 2017 On “Scheer Intelligence,” Truthdig Editor Robert Scheer interviews former FCC associate general counsel Mark Lloyd. Dig deeper ( 20 Min. Read )

Going to the Daytime Emmys

Chris Hedges / Truthdig May 8, 2017 The soap operas of 2017 are quaint anachronisms: Who needs “make believe” when the news and the nation’s political and cultural life are saturated with tawdry melodrama? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )