Mapping the Chinese Conquest of the Planet

By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch May 8, 2014 According to a map I made and recently discovered in my high school history textbook, I would have been 24 when I became a “Red Chinese” subject, and atomic weapons would have been removed from the equation. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

The NSA Plays Mad King George in This Revolution

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jan 7, 2014 Like this country's early revolutionaries, Edward Snowden knows that true patriotism demands a vigilant confrontation with government infamy. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Martin Luther King Jr. in His Own Words

Staff / Truthdig Jan 21, 2013 "Democracy Now!" featured a lengthy tribute to the civil rights icon in a 2012 broadcast, including footage of several inspiring moments such as his “Beyond Vietnam” speech, delivered at New York City’s Riverside Church on April 4, 1967, a year before his death, and his last speech, from April 3, 1968.Footage includes several inspiring moments such as his “Beyond Vietnam” speech, delivered at New York City’s Riverside Church on April 4, 1967, a year before his death, and his last speech, from April 3, 1968. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Slanting History for the Children on the War on Terror

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 17, 2012 A high school history textbook taught America’s millennial generation that the threat of terrorism “can be eliminated, the Patriot Act was uncontroversial and Iraq had weapons of mass destruction,” reports The Atlantic's Conor Friedersdorf. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Roots of Gore Vidal’s Discontent

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 2, 2012 Gore Vidal, the high-born author and activist who died Tuesday at the age of 86, was a man who had grand, democratic ambitions for his country -- a nation that became a pale, mocking imitation of the place he knew during his pre-World War II boyhood -- says his longtime friend Bob Carr, the current Australian minister of foreign affairs. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Democracy Now!’: Martin Luther King Jr. in His Own Words

Staff / Truthdig Jan 17, 2012 To commemorate MLK Day, Monday's edition of "Democracy Now!" featured a lengthy tribute to the civil rights icon, including footage of several inspiring moments such as his “Beyond Vietnam” speech, delivered at New York City’s Riverside Church on April 4, 1967, a year before his death, and his last speech, from April 3, 1968. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Great Depression, Now in Color

Staff / Truthdig Nov 9, 2011 Picture, if you will, the Great Depression. Unless you actually lived through it, or close enough, chances are your mind might conjure up images of bread lines, bleak Dust Bowl landscapes or hungry, huddled families, and they're probably in black and white. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Pentagon Papers Go Public

Staff / Truthdig Jun 13, 2011 It's been 40 years since Daniel Ellsberg took his place in history as the whistle-blower who blew the lid off the American government's shameful secrets about the Vietnam War by leaking the Pentagon Papers On Monday, Americans can read (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Paul Revere Primer With Sarah Palin

Staff / Truthdig Jun 6, 2011 Does it matter if Sarah Palin has a different, special take on the story of Paul Revere, hero of the American Revolution? Or here's another question: Could she be right? On "Fox News Sunday," Palin was ready with her comebacks to critics accusing her of revisionist history. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Glenn Beck Calls Thomas Paine the Glenn Beck of Revolutionary America

Staff / Truthdig Feb 19, 2010 Based on this video, it seems Fox News viewers are so patriotic they don't know anything about the origins of our country During this little history lesson, Glenn Beck explains who Tom Paine was: "kind of the me " In fairness, Beck made a disgusted face as he said it -- the same one we were making. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )