Truthdig Columns

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Blue MAGA Falls into Line

Eoin Higgins / Truthdig Jul 11, 2024 Do the president’s most loyal foot soldiers realize they are mirroring Trump’s GOP? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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With Democratic Friends Like These…

Conor Lynch / Truthdig Jul 8, 2024 The historic spending campaign against Jamaal Bowman highlights the Democrats’ billionaire-funded effort to undermine the party’s fledgling left wing. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Opinion

Bernie Sanders’ Deference to Joe Biden Has Become Irrational

Norman Solomon / Truthdig Jul 8, 2024 Bernie has vowed to support the president. His commitment should be to keep Donald Trump from getting the job. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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Combating the Comstock Act

Stephen Rohde / Truthdig Jul 5, 2024 Can a presidential pardon help eliminate the pernicious 1873 law at the heart of the long war against reproductive rights? Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

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The John Roberts Blueprint for Dictatorship

Bill Blum / Truthdig Jul 3, 2024 The chief justice’s decision on Trump’s immunity puts the myth of his institutionalism out of its misery, once and for all. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

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Don’t Wait for Chicago. Replace Biden Now.

Eoin Higgins / Truthdig Jul 2, 2024 The country is best served by the president’s immediate resignation or removal. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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Until Julian Assange Is Pardoned, Press Freedom Remains at Risk

Stephen Rohde / Truthdig Jun 27, 2024 What is the constitutional fallout from the first conviction of a publisher under the Espionage Act of 1917? Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

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The New Optimist Movement Has a Numbers Problem

Émile P. Torres / Truthdig Jun 20, 2024 How Steven Pinker and his merry band of extreme optimists downplay the persistence of widespread human suffering and misery. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

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Gentrified L.A.’s Road to Nowhere

Erin Aubry Kaplan / Truthdig Jun 19, 2024 Destination Crenshaw needs to be more than a pretty picture. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Global Voices

Mourning Raisi

Kamin Mohammadi / Truthdig Jun 14, 2024 A state moratorium on weddings deepened resentment of the regime he represented. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

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Lock Him Up?

Bill Blum / Truthdig Jun 12, 2024 Sending Trump to prison would be a victory for the rule of law, but would not end the threat of MAGA-style fascism. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

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How Not to Report on Donald Trump

Jeb Lund / Truthdig Jun 10, 2024 A.G. “Dash” Sulzberger’s Silicon Valley-inflected skepticism and open-debate pieties are a recipe for dangerously irresponsible journalism by omission. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )