Who Are the Afghan Insurgents?

By Anand Gopal Dec 5, 2008 Who exactly are the Afghan insurgents? Every suicide attack and kidnapping is usually attributed to "the Taliban." In reality, however, the insurgency is far from monolithic. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Hedges, Klein Join The Nation, ACLU in FISA Lawsuit

Staff / Truthdig Jul 11, 2008 Following Thursday's announcement that Congress had passed the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, there were some who weren't willing to take the news sitting down. In fact, Congress' capitulation sparked a legal response from the ACLU and The Nation magazine and two of its key contributors -- Chris Hedges and Naomi Klein -- in the form of a lawsuit. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Empire or Republic?

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jun 14, 2008 War doesn't pay, nor does imperial ambition. This proposition should be evident to anyone who has paid attention to the fivefold increase in the price of oil since George W. Bush took office. The principle of nonintervention is neither liberal nor conservative in orientation, and at the inception of the Republic it was accepted as a commonsense. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Giving Hillary Clinton Her Due

Staff / Truthdig Jun 7, 2008 Regardless of the end result of her efforts, Hillary Clinton has endured a grueling trial by fire in recent months in her historic bid for the presidency The Nation's Katha Pollitt points out the gains she believes Clinton made for women in and beyond the strictly political realm, arguing that " Women and men of every party and candidate preference, and every ethnicity too, owe Hillary Clinton a standing ovation, even if they can't stand her" . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Nation: Gitmo Trials Are Reported Rigged

Staff / Truthdig Feb 22, 2008 It's unfortunately not unusual anymore to hear about the politicization of American legal and intelligence institutions under the Bush administration, but, even so, this report by The Nation's Ross Tuttle about how the trials of six key prisoners at Guantanamo Bay have allegedly been rigged from the get-go is disturbing. Updated Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges and the ‘Other War’

Staff / Truthdig Aug 9, 2007 Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges talks about his landmark article in The Nation magazine, "The Other War: Iraq Vets Bear Witness," the result of seven months of interviews with troops about their experiences in Iraq. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

The Horrors of ‘The Other War’

Staff / Truthdig Jul 12, 2007 Truthdig contributor Chris Hedges teamed up with Laila Al-Arian for The Nation's shocking report "The Other War: Iraq Vets Bear Witness," in which American vets describe, in graphic detail that will challenge even the least fainthearted readers, "the disparity between the reality of the war and how it is portrayed by the US government and American media." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Nation Editor Back for Seconds on ‘Colbert’

Staff / Truthdig Apr 11, 2007 Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation's editor and publisher, Tuesday night braved a second appearance on "The Colbert Report," where she was congratulated by Stephen Colbert for her "courage to come back, since I handed you your ass last time." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

How to Put Impeachment Back on the Table

Staff / Truthdig Jan 26, 2007 Former Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman writes in The Nation that in the year since she called for Bush's impeachment, the case against him has only gotten stronger. Just because Nancy Pelosi has taken impeachment off the table, Holtzman argues, doesn't mean it isn't going to happen. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Politics Make for Very Strange Bedfellows

Staff / Truthdig Oct 14, 2006 So, as if the Mark Foley stuff wasn't weird enough already, it's about to get even weirder and nastier. According to Max Blumenthal at The Nation, some anti-Republican gay rights activists (inspired apparently by the Foley scandal and a supposed "gay clique" that some claim to be responsible for the coverup) sent a memo with the names of closeted congressional staffers to Christian-right advocacy groups in hopes of inciting a "purge" of gay Republicans from Washington. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Nation: Red & Blue Are Worthless Categories

Staff / Truthdig Apr 18, 2006 Despite recent polling showing red states turning blue, true color-blending will require "electoral reform that changes the way votes are counted, districts are proportioned and views are represented," argues the editor of The Nation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Nation: Generals Revolt

Staff / Truthdig Apr 17, 2006 Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor of The Nation, asks, "Is there a retired general left in the States who hasn't called on Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to fall on his sword?" Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )