Making the Electoral College Irrelevant (Video)

Robert Reich / Truthdig Sep 27, 2017 We must make sure our democracy doesn’t ever again elect a candidate who loses the popular vote. That means making the Electoral College inconsequential. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Sally Yates, Fired for Defying Trump’s Immigration Order

BLANK Feb 5, 2017 In defending the Constitution against actions of the new administration, the former acting attorney general shows she is exactly the type of official Americans need. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

We Are One GOP-Controlled Statehouse Away From a Convention to Rewrite the Constitution

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 16, 2016 During the last such convention in 1787, legislators threw out the entire government and started from scratch. A 21st-century repeat would be an intensely partisan constitutional crisis, experts warn. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Your Fourth of July and My Fourth of July

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jul 4, 2015 Your Fourth of July is invasions and wars. Mine is the pure sunbeam of peace. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Plundering Our Freedom with Abandon – Robert Scheer on Reality Asserts Itself (3/10)

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jun 19, 2015 On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Scheer talks about his father's thirst for freedom and how that influenced his life; Scheer says defense of the U.S. Constitution, in spite of its flaws, is critical in defending against the erosion of democracy. Dig deeper

VIDEO: Robert Scheer to Chris Hedges: ‘I Will Not Blame’ the American Masses for Imperialism (7/7)

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jun 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 )

VIDEO: Robert Scheer Identifies a ‘Serious Division’ Between His and Chris Hedges’ Views (Part 6/7)

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jun 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 )

VIDEO: Chris Hedges to Robert Scheer: Why Do You Respect America’s Founding Fathers? (Part 5/7)

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 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 )

Truthdiggers of the Week: Sens. John McCain and Dianne Feinstein

BLANK Dec 14, 2014 Whatever we think of their foreign, domestic and economic policies, the senators from Arizona and California, respectively, said the right words when the Senate Intelligence Committee released its inquiry into the CIA's post-9/11 torture, detention and interrogation practices. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Why the Founding Fathers Considered Banning Torture Foundational to the U.S. Constitution

Juan Cole / Truthdig Dec 9, 2014 For the most part, right wing principles are diametrically opposed to the Enlightenment and Deist values of most of the framers of the United States. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Dead Is Dead: Drone-Killing the Fifth Amendment

By Peter Van Buren, TomDispatch Jul 25, 2014 Thanks to a much contested, recently released but significantly redacted Justice Department white paper providing the basis for the extrajudicial killing of American citizen Anwar al-Awlaki, we finally know the president in post-constitutional America is officially judge, jury and executioner. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

What We’ve Lost Since 9/11

By Peter Van Buren, TomDispatch Jun 16, 2014 America has entered its third great era: the post-constitutional one. Deeper, darker waters lie ahead. And we seem drawn down into them. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )