Founding Fathers Had Warm Relationships With Female Friends

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 15, 2015 “Our nation’s first presidents had close, loving friendships with women—women who weren’t their wives or close relatives,” Cassandra Good, author of a book on the subject, writes at Smithsonian.com. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Have We Been Misreading the Declaration of Independence?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 4, 2014 An errant ink splotch or a genuine period? A scholar says an official transcript of the Declaration of Independence contains an error that has led many Americans to misinterpret the document for almost two centuries. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

How ‘Revolution’ Became an Adjective

By Lewis Lapham, TomDispatch Mar 17, 2014 For the last several years, the word has been hanging around backstage on the national television talk-show circuit waiting for somebody, anybody -- visionary poet, unemployed automobile worker, late-night comedian -- to cue its appearance on camera. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

Fox News Host Skewers Ryan Budget, Ashley Judd Mulls Senate Run, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Mar 11, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including Susan Rice being considered for another political appointment and a GOP strategist criticizes the Republican Party's outreach to women. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

House Divided

David Fitzsimmons, Cagle Cartoons, The Arizona Star Mar 6, 2013 Dig deeper

Who Are the Most Overrated U.S. Presidents in History?

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Feb 18, 2013 The annual Presidents Day holiday usually gives American history scholars a chance to intellectually fight it out over over which U.S. presidents are the best and the worst. But Think Progress went a different route this year and instead ranked the five most overrated ones. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Thomas Jefferson Against Slavery

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 17, 2013 At the end of his life, Thomas Jefferson regretted much about what the country he helped build had become. Today, midway through Black History Month, we turn an eye to his repudiation of slavery in a passage that failed to make it into the final draft of the Declaration of Independence. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Gore Vidal’s ‘Burr’: A Tea Party Antidote

Staff / Truthdig Aug 18, 2012 In 1973, Gore Vidal published a novel that struck at the ankles of the notion that the United States is a country founded by altruistic do-gooders whose highest ambition was the creation and protection of the Constitution. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Mass Murderers’ Weapon of Choice

Staff / Truthdig Aug 17, 2012 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: There's a reason one particular handgun keeps showing up at mass shootings: It works. Also: Paul Ryan and life after journalism. Dig deeper

Mass Murderers’ Weapon of Choice

Staff / Truthdig Aug 17, 2012 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: There's a reason one particular handgun keeps showing up at mass shootings: It works Also: Paul Ryan and life after journalismcom/avbooth/category/truthdig_radio/" title="Truthdig Radio">Truthdig Radio: There's a reason one particular handgun keeps showing up at mass shootings: It works. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

And Now a Word From the Founders

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jul 4, 2012 Happy Birthday, America. Here's a reminder of your more radical youth. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Will Greece Be Ruled by the Bankers or Its People?

By Peter Bratsis, Truthout Mar 4, 2012 The most central and constant dilemma in modern politics—whether the will of the people or that of bureaucrats and specialists should rule--is on full display in Greece. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )