Staff / TruthdigDec 27, 2015
From comedic clips about Edward Snowden and Donald Trump to illuminating interviews featuring Robert Scheer, Noam Chomsky, Chris Hedges and Jimmy Carter, here are Truthdig readers' favorite audiovisual posts from 2015. From comedic clips about Edward Snowden and Donald Trump to illuminating interviews featuring Robert Scheer, Noam Chomsky, Chris Hedges and Jimmy Carter, here are Truthdig readers' favorite audiovisual posts from 2015. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigJul 5, 2015
In an excerpt from his new book, Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer points to Chief Justice John Roberts' decision in SCOTUS' 2014 cell phone wiretapping case, which affirmed that the ideas embodied in the Fourth Amendment represent the basic idea that sparked the American Revolution.
In an excerpt from his new book, Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer points to Chief Justice John Roberts' decision in SCOTUS' 2014 cell phone wiretapping case, which affirmed that the ideas embodied in the Fourth Amendment represent the basic idea that sparked the American Revolution. Dig deeper ( 27 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigJun 4, 2015
In the final installment of the seven-part interview on The Real News Network, after columnist Chris Hedges tells the Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer that he thinks the American public has been "far more complicit [in the culture of violence] than you give allowance for," Scheer gives an impassioned response about his own experience with manipulation of the working class by elites. In the final installment of the seven-part interview on The Real News Network, after columnist Chris Hedges tells Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer that he thinks the American public has been "far more complicit [in the culture of violence] than you give allowance for," Scheer gives an impassioned response about his own experience with manipulation of the working class by elites. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )
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Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigJun 2, 2015
In perhaps the liveliest portion of the seven-part interview on The Real News Network, Robert Scheer and Chris Hedges discuss the culture of violence in the United States as their opposing views on American history come to light. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMay 30, 2015
In the fifth installment of Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges’ interview with Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer about Scheer’s new book, Hedges challenges him on his reverence for the wealthy, male elites who created the United States. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )
Bill Boyarsky / TruthdigMay 28, 2015
The Kentucky senator's filibuster against renewing the Patriot Act made the widely covered campaign speeches of the other presidential candidates -- including Hillary Clinton -- look shallow.The Kentucky senator's filibuster against renewing the Patriot Act made the widely covered campaign speeches of the other presidential candidates, including Hillary Clinton, look shallow. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigMay 26, 2015
In this installment of their seven-part interview series posted on The Real News Network, Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and columnist Chris Hedges drill into the motivations for the collusion between big tech companies and the US government The end result: Control of Americans' data leads to control of citizens themselves In this installment, Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and columnist Chris Hedges drill into the motivations for the collusion between big tech companies and the U . Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigMay 22, 2015
Chris Hedges and Robert Scheer continue their conversation for The Real News Network about Scheer's latest book, "They Know Everything About You: How Data-Collecting Corporations and Snooping Government Agencies Are Destroying Democracy." In this segment, they discuss whether there is room for optimism vis-à-vis the surveillance of American citizens and the plunder of personal data by the fused corporate-political state. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigMay 20, 2015
As Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer points out to Chris Hedges in this interview for The Real News Network, the safeguards written into the U.S. Constitution to protect Americans against abuses of their civil liberties don't exactly apply to violations by the private sector. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMay 17, 2015
In an appearance on “The Campaign With Ernie Powell,” a radio show concerned with learning how progressives can win political campaigns, Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer says the NSA is engaged in the same invasive behavior “that sparked the American Revolution.” Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMay 15, 2015
The 31-year National Security Agency veteran blew the whistle when he realized technology that he had developed to protect Americans was being used to spy on them. In a wide-ranging, 45-minute discussion, he and Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer discuss who's responsible for the surveillance program, how authorities' desire for blackmail power through mass spying was a factor in their failure to stop the 9/11 attacks, and more. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMay 13, 2015
In the first part of a wide-ranging, seven-part discussion about Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer’s new book, “They Know Everything About You,” Scheer says the US government and private industry have merged to turn the Internet into a massive machine for simultaneously selling to and spying on AmericansIn the first part of a seven-part discussion about Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer’s new book, “<a href="https://www. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )
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