Was Ross Perot Right?

David Sirota / Truthdig Nov 23, 2007 "Ross Perot was fiercely against NAFTA. Knowing what we know now, was Ross Perot right?" It was a straightforward query about a Clinton administration trade policy that polls show the public now hates, and it was appropriately directed to a candidate who has previously praised NAFTA. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Monopoly Money

Tab, The Calgary Sun Nov 12, 2007 Dig deeper

Trading Secrets

Amy Goodman / Truthdig May 23, 2007 The Democratic Party leadership is stabbing its base in the back with secret "free trade" deals made behind closed doors with the White House. Now congressional Democrats may be on the verge of a significant split. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Powell: We’ve Got ‘Em by the Tail

Dwayne Powell / Truthdig Mar 2, 2007 Dig deeper

Why Fight It?

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig Dec 30, 2006 Dig deeper

Bush OKs Nuke Deal With India

Staff / Truthdig Dec 19, 2006 At a time when the U.S. is desperate to contain nuclear programs in North Korea and Iran, President Bush has signed off on legislation that allows for nuclear trade with India, a nation that refuses to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The deal squares with this administration's nuclear policy, which has been at its best inconsistent and at its worst catastrophically negligent. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Marie Cocco: The Smoldering Legacy of the World Trade Center

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Sep 7, 2006 After five years, we must ask: How did the path from Ground Zero somehow lead us to Abu Ghraib? Where did the elemental goodness that inspired us in those first days and weeks after the attacks on New York and the Pentagon go? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Europe Is Called Lax in Fight Against Child Trafficking

Staff / Truthdig Aug 31, 2006 A report by UNICEF and Terre des Hommes says Europe is not doing enough to address child trafficking, with thousands of children smuggled into Western Europe annually to become sex workers and slaves. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

?World Trade Center? Shuns Politics, Controversy

Staff / Truthdig Aug 9, 2006 The N.Y. Times says "World Trade Center" marks a departure for filmmaker Oliver Stone in that the movie has no hint of a political agenda. It's a "harrowing return to a singular, disastrous episode in the recent past and a refuge from the ugly, depressing realities of its aftermath." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

DeLay and Abramoff’s ‘Made in the USA’: Shame, Shame, Shame

Staff / Truthdig Jun 17, 2006 Listen to an excellent NPR Weekend Edition story revisiting the Jack Abramoff-Tom DeLay connection to the slave trade, forced abortions, forced prostitution happening in the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands. DeLay called industry on the islands a "shining light of the Republican Party" during one of many "fact-finding missions" to the region. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Moussaoui Gets Life for 9/11 Role

Staff / Truthdig May 4, 2006 The so-called 12th hijacker escaped the death penalty and was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

In Conversation with author Chris Abani

Zuade Kaufman / Truthdig Apr 19, 2006 The acclaimed novelist and poet, who escaped from imprisonment and torture in his native Nigeria, discusses his new novella about child prostitution and sex trafficking. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )