President Clinton Betrayed the Poor (Audio & Transcript)

Staff and Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jan 5, 2018 Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer sits down with Peter Edelman, a former adviser in Bill Clinton's administration, to discuss poverty and welfare reform. [Transcript added.] Dig deeper ( 17 Min. Read )

Black Agenda Report’s Glen Ford Recalls When the Clintons Won Over Black America

Staff / Truthdig Jul 30, 2016 “The Clintons were not the black favorites in 1992,” he explains. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Clinton Bill

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VIDEO: Black Lives Matter Protester Demands Hillary Clinton Account for 1990s ‘Superpredator’ Remark

Staff / Truthdig Feb 25, 2016 A courageous Black Lives Matter activist named Ashley Williams interrupted a private fundraiser by Hillary Clinton in Charleston, S.C., to ask why the Democratic presidential candidate called black children "superpredators" in a speech she gave during her husband's presidential administration. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

John Kasich Teamed With Clintons on 1990s Law That Helped Double Extreme Poverty

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 15, 2016 As House Budget Committee chairman in the 1990s, Republican presidential candidate and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who has claimed to be a friend of the working poor and a foe of Hillary Clinton, worked with the Clintons to throw Americans off welfare. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Legal Scholar Michelle Alexander Explains Why Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Deserve the Black Vote

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 10, 2016 “It seems that we—black people—are her winning card,” writes Alexander, author of “The New Jim Crow,” at The Nation. “And it seems we’re eager to get played. Again.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Is Hillary Clinton a Progressive? Not According to Her Policy Record

Staff / Truthdig Feb 4, 2016 Jeff Cohen, media scholar at Ithaca College and founder of the watchdog group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, reviews Clinton's history of "progressivism" and laughs. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Can the Greek Tragedy Be Rewritten?

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Feb 20, 2015 The world is watching to see if the anti-austerity party Syriza can turn things around for Greece Success may inspire hope in the economically desperate across the globe -- and fear among the elites Success may inspire hope in the economically desperate across the globe—and fear among the elites. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Democrats’ Government Tutorial

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Sep 6, 2012 Bill Clinton is typically described as the empathetic, feel-your-pain guy. But his greatest political skill may be as a formulator of arguments -- the explainer in chief. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bain Capital’s Death Squad Ties, Limbaugh Talks Fluke (Again), and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Aug 9, 2012 A look at the day's political happenings, including Bill Clinton ripping Mitt Romney and details on the extremist views of the victor of Tuesday's GOP Senate primary in Missouri. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Welfare Reform in a Jobless Economy

Staff / Truthdig Aug 25, 2011 Although the recession has increased demand for social programs such as food stamps, welfare rolls have not kept pace with the drastic increase in human misery. Long story short: Welfare reform, launched 15 years ago in a booming economy, broke the system … (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Clinton Trotted Out to Back Tax Deal

Staff / Truthdig Dec 12, 2010 Former President Bill Clinton, the Democrat who brought you such miracles as welfare reform, NAFTA and “don’t ask, don’t tell,” has jumped into the fray over the tax cut deal, adding his support to the compromise worked out by President Obama with the Republicans. “I don’t believe there is a better deal out there,” Clinton said. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )