Opinion

A New Year Begins, the Old Fight Continues

Thom Hartmann / The Hartmann Report Jan 2, 2026 Billionaire cash steers the agenda, military and police power set the boundaries, and religious messaging sells it as virtue, all while taxpayers fund the very system that excludes them. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

#PlaidShirtGuy Illustrates Trump’s Tyrannical Tastes

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Sep 11, 2018 The treatment of a local high-schooler by administration staff and Secret Service agents at a rally in Montana is an example of the president's pernicious pettiness. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Where Is the Outrage About Julian Assange’s Silencing?

Teodrose Fikre / The Ghion Journal Apr 3, 2018 The campaign to gag the WikiLeaks' founder is a bipartisan and bilateral attack on free speech that could lead to a wider assault on all of our freedoms. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Legalizing Tyranny

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Mar 4, 2018 The U.S. judicial system routinely provides unfair trials and coerces defendants—often poor people of color, and often innocent—into accepting plea deals that call for brutally long sentences. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

First Amendment, Not the Second, Is How We Secure Liberty

Carey Shenkman / Truthdig Mar 3, 2018 In the United States, why do we limit free speech and protest for minorities more than we limit guns? Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

As Tyrants Take Control of Democracies, They Typically Do 7 Things (Video)

Robert Reich / Truthdig Feb 22, 2017 Consider yourself warned. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The 15 Warning Signs of Impending Tyranny

By Robert Reich / RobertReich.org Jan 3, 2017 As tyrants take control of democracies, this is what they typically do. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

With Obama’s Help, Commander in Chief Trump Will Wield Abundant Military and Surveillance Power

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 12, 2016 An unaccountable drone program, an FBI with a record of spying on mosques and activists, and a surveillance empire are among the powers currently held in check with restraints as durable as tissue paper. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Thai Prime Minister Says He’ll ‘Probably’ Kill Journalists Who Deviate From Official Line

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 26, 2015 Thailand’s junta leader, Prayuth Chan-ocha, who toppled the government of Yingluck Shinawatra in a coup last May, told reporters Wednesday that he will “probably just execute” any journalist who does not “report the truth.” Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Normalizing Relations

Nick Anderson / Truthdig Dec 18, 2014 Dig deeper

Joan of Arc

By Marie Arana Nov 21, 2014 In a new biography of the French girl freedom-fighter, it isn't the maid of Orleans who receives the blazing light of scrutiny so much as the society that engulfed her and the literary imagination in which she endures. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The NSA Plays Mad King George in This Revolution

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jan 7, 2014 Like this country's early revolutionaries, Edward Snowden knows that true patriotism demands a vigilant confrontation with government infamy. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )