Staff / TruthdigJul 1, 2014
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote 35 pages in her dissent on the recent decision that's a huge loss for women's rights; Ann Coulter's World Cup freakout is about conservatives' loss of control; meanwhile, Finland has a dirty secret involving Israel that may be putting the country's image into question. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 28, 2014
The World Cup is the world’s most popular spectacle and, as such, speaks volumes about the state of humanity today. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
Join our newsletterStay up to date with the latest from Truthdig. Join the Truthdig Newsletter for our latest publications.
Staff / TruthdigJun 28, 2014
This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Iran's former ambassador to Germany is optimistic about relations with the U.S., the Supreme Court's digital decisions, Thomas Frank checks Hillary Clinton's memory, and more World Cup controversy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigJun 26, 2014
Soccer (or football, as the rest of the world refers to it) is the most popular sport globally. But can you love the game while hating the World Cup? Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Eugene Robinson / TruthdigJun 21, 2014
Henry Kissinger was wrong to dismiss Chile as "a dagger pointed at the heart of Antarctica." On Wednesday, the South American nation was a scalpel that excised the soul of Spain. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 17, 2014
What FIFA has imposed on Brazil is a kind of soccer that is nearly unrecognizable, and thus heretical, to the people who have, over the course of more than a century, made the sport into a national religion. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJun 16, 2014
In the July issue of Harper's Magazine, sports writer Simon Kuper tracks the World Cup's transformation from a postwar proxy for establishing claims to national supremacy to an expression of the border dissolving tendencies of globalization. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 13, 2014
This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The World Cup opens with a bang, how thinking mothers should deal with gun play, and we interview the directors of two new documentaries -- one on the late, great Gore Vidal, the other on prison escape artist and possible criminal justice victim Mark DeFriest. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 12, 2014
The first in a three-part series examines the history of international soccer as it informs the World Cup, which begins Thursday. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
By Eduardo Galeano, TomDispatchJun 9, 2014
Have you ever entered an empty stadium? Try it. Stand in the middle of the field and listen. There is nothing less empty than an empty stadium. There is nothing less mute than stands bereft of spectators. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
Join our newsletterStay up to date with the latest from Truthdig. Join the Truthdig Newsletter for our latest publications.
Now you can personalize your Truthdig experience. To bookmark your favorite articles and follow your favorite authors, please login or create a user profile.
Now you can personalize your Truthdig experience. To bookmark your favorite articles and follow your favorite authors, upgrade to supporter.