Mattis Pushes Closer Ties to Vietnam Amid Tension With China

ROBERT BURNS / The Associated Press Oct 14, 2018 By cozying up to smaller nations in the region, the defense secretary is signaling how intensively the Trump administration is trying to counter China’s military assertiveness. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The United States’ Pyrrhic Victory in the War on Terror

Nick Turse / TomDispatch Sep 5, 2018 What was once the mark of failure for a conventional army is now the benchmark for success. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Former Jailer in Vietnam Says He Respected McCain

Tran Van Minh / The Associated Press Aug 27, 2018 Tran Tong Duyet credits the senator with helping improve relations between the two countries after the war. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Investigating John McCain’s Tragedy at Sea

Mary Hershberger / Truthdig Aug 26, 2018 Troubling questions hover over then-Lt. Cmdr. McCain’s actions in a catastrophic 1967 fire aboard the aircraft carrier Forrestal and the period immediately afterward. His later accounts of events that followed the accident also raise issues. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Seymour Hersh on the State of American Journalism (Video)

Staff, Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jul 1, 2018 In a conversation with the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter, Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges wonders if the era of great journalism that Hersh embodies has passed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Resistance Before the #Resistance

Liesl Bradner / Truthdig Jun 29, 2018 A new exhibit at the Los Angeles Public Library celebrates the young men who refused to fight in the Vietnam War. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Chomsky Challenge for Americans

Paul Street / Truthdig Jun 13, 2018 Monstrous U.S. war crimes since the early 1950s have gone down George Orwell's "memory hole." Now, we have no concept of empathy—or reality. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

The Heartless Math of ‘Carsonomics’

Julian Vigo / Truthdig May 11, 2018 Less is not more with Ben Carson leading the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Gina Haspel Debate Spotlights America’s Soul Sickness

John Kiriakou / Truthdig May 8, 2018 The U.S. has become a country that supports torture, so the fight to stop the godmother of the CIA's "enhanced interrogation" program may be futile. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

How the Neocons Shaped America’s Russia Phobia

Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould / OpEd News Apr 28, 2018 The neoconservative crusade to capture the mind of the United States did not end with the Cold War but instead entered a new and more dangerous phase. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Men Without Women: China and India Face a Cultural Paradigm Shift

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Apr 27, 2018 A male-female imbalance of 70 million has upset big parts of society in the two countries, and the problem probably won’t improve for a long time. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Doors’ John Densmore on Jim Morrison, John Lennon, Oliver Stone and the New Protest Generation (Audio and Transcript)

Staff / Truthdig Apr 20, 2018 Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer and musician Densmore discuss how young gun control advocates are continuing the legacy of the Vietnam protests, the activism behind The Doors' music, and more. Dig deeper ( 20 Min. Read )