Chris Hedges on Responding to Genocide in Syria

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 1, 2013 The Truthdig columnist went on The Real News Network to criticize Obama's reliance on a gas attack on Syrian civilians last month as he attempts to start a unilateral war, an act which Hedges says "illustrates the rise of our imperial presidency." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hedges: Manning’s Conviction Part of a Larger Effort

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 22, 2013 The Real News Network got a comment from Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges after the announcement that young whistle-blower Bradley Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges: ‘The Horror, the Horror’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 26, 2013 In the final installment of Chris Hedges' appearance on "Reality Asserts Itself" with Real News Network senior editor Paul Jay, viewers ask the Truthdig columnist questions, including about the American public's complicity in the crimes of empire, if there's any hope for Bradley Manning and whether the U.S. or Israel will attack Iran.In the final installment of his appearance on "Reality Asserts Itself," the Truthdig columnist took questions from viewers, including about the American public's complicity in the crimes of empire. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges on How to Move Forward

Staff / Truthdig Jul 25, 2013 After a series of interviews discussing such issues as corporate control of America and the grim realities facing the economy and environment, the Real News Network's Paul Jay asks the Truthdig columnist what he thinks is "the key link for what's next." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges: ‘Wall Street and Corporations Are Pulling the Strings’

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jul 23, 2013 In the latest installment of a series of interviews on The Real News Network's "Reality Inserts Itself," the Truthdig columnist says that the Democratic Party once looked out for the interests of labor and the poor. But that changed, he says, when Bill Clinton entered the White House, and it's getting worse under President Obama. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges: ‘The Left Has Been Destroyed’

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jul 22, 2013 "In 2008, in a piece you wrote, 'Why am I a socialist?' you wrote this: 'The inability to articulate a viable socialism has been our gravest mistake," host Paul Jay says to the Truthdig columnist during the latest installment of an interview on The Real News Network's "Reality Inserts Itself." He then asks: "Do you still believe that?" Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges: Flee Society’s Dazzling and Deadly Fantasies

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 21, 2013 The American people's collective inability to overcome commercial illusion and confront the grim realities of the economic and environmental crises means they will remain slaves to fiction and its apocalyptic outcomes, Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges told Paul Jay on The Real News Network's new show, "Reality Asserts Itself." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges: Journalism Should Be About Truth

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jul 18, 2013 In the second part of a series of interviews with The Real News, the Truthdig columnist details his criticism of the Iraq War and the news coverage leading up to it. He says it is his belief that great reporters care about the truth above all. In the second part of a series of interviews with The Real News, the Truthdig columnist details his criticism of the Iraq War and the news coverage leading up to it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges: Urban Poverty Made Me Ask Questions

Staff / Truthdig Jul 17, 2013 The Truthdig columnist tells The Real News how his experience living in the inner city in Boston shaped his perspective as a journalist. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Massachusetts Economists Discredit Influential Austerity Study

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 20, 2013 Economists from the University of Massachusetts appear to have debunked a Harvard paper that right-wing politicians have used to push economic austerity policies. The challengers explain where the Harvard economists went wrong in an interview with The Real News Network. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Eat Your Cat Food, Mrs. Robinson

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 12, 2013 The new cost-of-living index proposed in Obama's latest budget is really a means to push lower living standards on people who need Social Security, University of Missouri economist Michael Hudson says. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Banking: From Public to Private and Back Again

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 30, 2013 Once upon a time American banks supported the economy by financing the growth and development of industry. For the last many decades they've had the opposite effect by plowing money into existing assets and loading the economy down with debt. The consequences have been disastrous, economist Michael Hudson told The Real News Network this week. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )