Digs

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Should We Be Mining the Ocean Floor?

Rachel Reeves / Truthdig Jul 31, 2023 The race is on to regulate an international competition for minerals in the world's least explored and most mysterious ecosystems. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

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The Scramble for Deep-Sea Minerals

Rachel Reeves / Truthdig Jul 31, 2023 Dig deeper

TD Event

Can the Supreme Court Be Fixed?

Bill Blum / Truthdig Jul 28, 2023 Read the transcript from Truthdig's recent roundtable with Bill Blum, Jeanne Hruska, and Chelsey Davidson in which they discuss what can be done to reverse the court's lurch to the right. Dig deeper ( 35 Min. Read )

TD Interview

After the Coup: An Interview With Peter Kornbluh, Part II

Marc Cooper / Truthdig Jul 11, 2023 How Kissinger and the CIA bolstered the regime of Augusto Pinochet for years—until they couldn’t. Dig deeper ( 34 Min. Read )

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The Acronym Behind Our Wildest AI Dreams and Nightmares

Émile P. Torres / Truthdig Jun 15, 2023 To understand the deepening divide between AI boosters and doomers, it’s necessary to unpack their common origins in a bundle of ideologies known as TESCREAL. Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )

Book Excerpt

Pinochet and Me: A Chilean Anti-Memoir

Marc Cooper / Verso Books May 16, 2023 The last man standing in defense of the “bourgeois” constitution would be the Marxist President, AK-47 in hand. Dig deeper ( 25 Min. Read )

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Chile: Leftist Administration Hit Hard By Latest Constitutional Vote

Marc Cooper / Truthdig May 10, 2023 The extreme right takes 22 out of 50 seats on a committee to rewrite the constitution. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

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A Short History of Eugenics: From Plato to Nick Bostrom

Émile P. Torres / Truthdig May 1, 2023 The idea of selective human breeding is as enduring as it is dangerous. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

TD Interview

If Neoliberalism Was Born in Chile, Will It Die There?

Marc Cooper / KPFK May 1, 2023 Marc Cooper, Dig Curator and former translator to President Allende, speaks to KPFK Radio's Suzi Weissman about the complex historical forces at work today in Chile. Dig deeper ( 32 Min. Read )

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Two Allende Supporters, Two Nights in Jail and a Gun

Marc Cooper / Truthdig Apr 21, 2023 In 1973, Marc Cooper was detained for carrying a weapon in the streets of Santiago. It could have gone much worse. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

Unequal Justice: Clarence Thomas Isn’t Going Anywhere

Bill Blum / The Progressive Apr 18, 2023 The Justice has vowed to stay on the court until 2034—and despite egregious ethical violations, he’ll likely make it. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

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The Green Growth Delusion

Christopher Ketcham / Truthdig Apr 4, 2023 Advocates of “Green Growth” promise a painless transition to a post-carbon future. But what if the limits of renewable energy require sacrificing consumption as a way of life? Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )