Robert Scheer / TruthdigJun 4, 2016
Should Hillary Clinton be behaving as the Democratic nominee for president? Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer doesn't think so and wants her to listen more to the progressive side of the party. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Donald Kaufman / TruthdigApr 16, 2016
The progressive activist declared himself "a Bernie supporter" in September, but now he's backing the former secretary of state in the California Democratic primary. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
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Kasia Anderson / TruthdigApr 6, 2016
It happened again, and we couldn't be more honored: Truthdig has been nominated in the "Political Blog/Websites" category for the 2016 Webby Awards. Vote for us, and help us win a People's Voice Webby. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Ann Jones / TomDispatch / The NationJan 28, 2016
Most Americans are either overworked or hurting for jobs; housing is overpriced; hospitals, crowded and understaffed. Opioid or heroin overdose is a common way of death. Did the American soldiers I covered in Afghanistan know they were fighting for this? Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJan 14, 2016
“Bernie Sanders and his supporters are bending the arc of history toward justice,” write the magazine’s editors. “We believe such a revolution is not only possible but necessary—and that’s why we’re endorsing Bernie Sanders for president.” Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 10, 2015
“Real estate as a store of private wealth is the rotten tree that sprouts [the] diseased branches” of homelessness, unaffordable urban real estate, gentrification and dangerous housing bubbles, writes Jesse A. Meyerson at The Nation. “[T]he solution is to quit pruning twigs and chop the sucker down.” Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 18, 2015
While Confederate memorials continue to draw public funding, across the United States time and divestment have transformed historic black cemeteries into trash dumps and overgrown forests. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigOct 16, 2015
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi's claim that "rapidly growing public sector debt threatens America's economic future" is based on dishonest accounting rigged by congressional austerity hawks, reports The Nation. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigSep 17, 2015
One of the authors of a study that the Murdoch-owned rag used this week to try to scare voters into believing the progressive candidate's federal budget proposals would be prohibitively expensive says that in actuality the Sanders plan would cost the country far less than what it would normally spend. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 8, 2015
In a recent piece for The Nation, Alex S. Vitale -- a professor of sociology at Brooklyn College -- disproves claims that the Black Lives Matter movement has caused an uptick in crime. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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