Staff / TruthdigJan 22, 2016
Former financial regulator Bill Black and Public Banking Institute founder Ellen Brown see no indication in Hillary Clinton’s track record that she will fulfill any 2016 campaign promise to implement regulations on Wall Street. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 14, 2015
In the final installment of The Real News Network’s series of interviews on “Reality Asserts Itself,” Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer explains how an infatuation with American culture and an ignorance of American history have led to unbelievable levels of brutality and destruction. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 10, 2015
On The Real News Network's "Reality Asserts Itself," Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges discusses the significance of Thomas Paine, why we did not carry out an American "Revolution," and three reasons why liberals cannot "propel resistance forward." Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigJul 9, 2015
In this installment of The Real News Network's interview series "Reality Asserts Itself," Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer tells host Paul Jay about the role the US played in creating its current terrorist enemies—and on a broader scale, why history matters
In this installment of The Real News Network's interview series "Reality Asserts Itself," Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer tells host Paul Jay about the role the U . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJul 6, 2015
In the eighth installment of an interview series on The Real News Network’s “Reality Asserts Itself,” Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer tells TRNN Senior Editor Paul Jay that American leaders “lost sight of the essential wisdom of the American experiment,” which was that if you enable prosperity “for your own people, and if it’s good, others will follow it.” Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigJul 5, 2015
On Reality Asserts Itself, Robert Scheer says you get drunk on the power of this culture and its military, its wealth, and you can become incredibly destructive. And we have been incredibly destructive. Dig deeper
Staff / TruthdigJul 3, 2015
In part seven of an interview series on The Real News Network’s “Reality Asserts Itself,” Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer tells TRNN Senior Editor Paul Jay that America's ruling parties are composed not of ideologues committed to particular values but of careerists fortunately susceptible to public pressure. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigJul 2, 2015
On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Scheer and Paul Jay discuss Scheer's book "The Pornography of Power: How Defense Hawks Hijacked 9/11 and Weakened America" Dig deeper
Staff / TruthdigJul 1, 2015
In the sixth installment on The Real News Network’s show “Reality Asserts Itself,” Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and TRNN’s Senior Editor Paul Jay debate the buying off of the American media, the culture of corruption that led to the recession and the idea of rationality within the ranks of the elite. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigJun 30, 2015
On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Scheer and Paul Jay discuss the successes and failures of the "American Experiment." Dig deeper
Robert Scheer / TruthdigJun 28, 2015
On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Scheer and Paul Jay discuss American partisan politics - the demonization of the other camp and is there a real difference between parties? Dig deeper
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJun 28, 2015
Update: Transcript added. Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer appeared on The Real News Network’s "Reality Asserts Itself" to discuss why the energy of the mass political movements of 1960s America dissipated and how the United States could prosper without resorting to the tactics of empire. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )
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