The Poverty of Child Care Professionals

Staff / Truthdig Aug 9, 2013 In New Jersey, mothers are working as independent contractors looking after children whose parents are struggling to make ends meet, and many of these child care professionals can't afford their own bills. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Resilient Minority Wage Gap

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 29, 2013 At the March on Washington where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream Speech" almost 50 years ago, black leaders called for "decent housing, adequate and integrated education, a federal jobs program for full employment, and a national minimum wage of more than $13 an hour in today’s dollars." Greg Kaufmann at The Nation tells us how far we've failed to come. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Inside America’s Dirty Wars

Jeremy Scahill / Truthdig Apr 26, 2013 The killing of U.S. born, al-Qaida-affiliated cleric Anwar al-Awlaki set a dangerous precedent here in America. Dig deeper ( 20 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Stéphane Hessel

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 14, 2013 Stéphane Hessel, the French-German author of "Indignez-vous" who died in February at age 95, is a towering figure of 20th-century resistance and an example to those who hope to create the future.Stéphane Hessel, the French-German author of "Indignez-vous" who died in February at age 95, is a towering figure of 20th-century resistance. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Tomas Young

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 24, 2013 When he dies this spring, Iraq War veteran Tomas Young will have spent his final years struggling to expose the guilt of those who make a holiday of the deaths and suffering of the powerless. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Liberals Back to Giving Obama a Pass

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 21, 2012 “Now that Obama appears poised to push substantial parts of Social Security and Medicare over the ‘fiscal cliff’ -- in exchange for a paltry, largely symbolic, increase in the top marginal income-tax rate -- we might ask whether liberals will once again rise to Obama’s defense, no matter how indefensible his actions,” writes John R. MacArthur, publisher of Harper’s Magazine. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Notion Building

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Nov 17, 2012 For those who love pointless games of aggression, rocks will always beat scissors And the reason why that will never change is because logic has nothing to do with arguing for or against the rules of a game And that will never change because logic has nothing to do with arguing for or against the rules of a game. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Students Talk Poverty on National Tour

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 16, 2012 At a stop of liberal pundit Tavis Smiley and activist Dr. Cornel West’s “Poverty Tour 2.0” at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Va., The Nation’s Greg Kaufmann spoke with students about their crippling experiences with poverty. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sept. 17: Occupy Wall Street’s Birthday Celebration

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 11, 2012 The first anniversary of Occupy Wall Street promises to be a day of celebration, general protest and direct action one year after the cry for representation for the 99 percent first rang out in the streets of New York City’s financial district. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Are Liberals Too Eager to Believe Sex Charges Against Julian Assange?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 31, 2012 What happens when the predatory interests of a national security state and those of women’s rights advocates seem to coincide, as in the case of WikiLeaks publisher and accused rapist Julian Assange? A murky witch hunt, in which some liberals forget that suspects are innocent until proven guilty, JoAnn Wypijewski writes in The Nation.When the predatory interests of a national security state and those of women’s rights advocates seem to coincide, some liberals forget that suspects are innocent until proven guilty. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Why Did The Guardian Hire Josh Trevino?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 21, 2012 Readers of The Guardian are up in arms over the addition of former George W. Bush speechwriter Joshua Trevino to the historically liberal newspaper’s American staff. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Chris Hayes Explains Meritocracy (and What It Means for You)

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 31, 2012 Here in America, based on your “pluck and drive and ambition and talent, you could rise as far as your abilities will take you.” Right? Of course not, says MSNBC host Chris Hayes. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )