U.S. Media Do Not Give Us All Sides of the Story

Kevin Cooper / Truthdig Apr 10, 2018 The real news is out there to be found, and it's up to all of us to find it. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The Mad Man Theory: Nixon, Trump and Bolton

Mel Goodman / CounterPunch Mar 26, 2018 The thought of the president and John Bolton discussing national security and the use of force is simply frightening, as both men have displayed evidence of megalomania. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Daniel Ellsberg’s Advice for How to Stop Current and Future Wars

Norman Solomon / Truthdig Mar 8, 2018 The whistleblower says do what Katharine Gun did in 2003. Gun is a former U.K. intelligence analyst who leaked information about the illegality of the Iraq War. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Joe Kennedy III, a False Progressive Idol Like JFK

Paul Street / Truthdig Feb 4, 2018 America does not need another elite Kennedy pretending to lead us out of the darkness of authoritarian capitalism, racism, militarism and other evils. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Vietnam: The War That Never Ends for the U.S. Military High Command

Maj. Danny Sjursen / TomDispatch Jan 30, 2018 The vast majority of senior American military officers are refighting the Vietnam War through the books they read, the scholarship they publish and the policies they continue to pursue in the Greater Middle East. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

U.S. to Send First Aircraft Carrier Since War to Vietnam

ROBERT BURNS / The Associated Press Jan 25, 2018 The port visit to Danang, announced by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, could irritate China, which is critical of U.S. moves to add to its military muscle in the region. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

America Needs a Radical Dr. King, Not a New Obama

Paul Street / CounterPunch Jan 22, 2018 The real Martin Luther King—not a sanitized version—was a democratic socialist who believed the U.S. had to reconstruct its whole system. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Martin Luther King’s Poor People’s Campaign Reborn

Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Jan 11, 2018 A new coalition forms to advance the civil rights leader's call for “a radical redistribution of economic and political power.” Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Peace First

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Dec 19, 2017 Want to make America great? Demand an end to war—at home and abroad—as Martin Luther King Jr. did. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Jerry Rubin: The Countercultural Icon Who Invented Social Networking

Emily Wilson / Truthdig Dec 14, 2017 Author Pat Thomas discusses what he learned while writing a biography about the co-founder of the Youth International Party of the 1960s. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

A Plea to Protect Documentaries

By John Pilger / johnpilger.com Dec 13, 2017 Australian filmmaker and journalist John Pilger tells how films that dissent from the official version of the truth are an endangered species. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Tiana Alexandra-Silliphant Wants to Make Vietnam Great Again (Audio)

Staff, Robert Scheer / Truthdig Nov 17, 2017 The director chats with Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer about her newest film, "The General and Me," which explores her 25-year relationship with Vietnamese Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap. Dig deeper ( 20 Min. Read )