American History for Truthdiggers: From Isolationism to a 2nd World Conflagration
Jan 12, 2019 Global events and FDR whittled down 1930s opposition to intervention in Europe and steered the nation into World War II.
Trade Wars and Diminished Credibility
Mar 10, 2018 The U.S. remains in a precarious economic situation, as does the world.
Prison Rights Advocates on Isolation: ‘This Is Torture’ (Video)
Jan 23, 2018 Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges meets with ex-prisoner Ojore Lutalo and rights advocate Bonnie Kerness to discuss abuse in U.S. penitentiaries.
Denormalizing Hate
Jan 15, 2018 America's underlying moral sickness has spread with the immigration debate. Generous, fair and flexible policy is the antidote.
Angela Merkel: A Selfish and Isolationist America Isn’t ‘Great Again’
Aug 24, 2017 In an interview with a German newspaper, the chancellor took on Donald Trump’s philosophy directly.
What Does an ‘America-First’ Foreign Policy Actually Mean?
Apr 15, 2017 Donald Trump's talk of finally winning again is a recipe for prolonging wars guaranteed to create more chaos and failed states in the Middle East, and possibly beyond.
‘An Affront to Our Humanity’: Obama Bans Solitary for Children
Jan 26, 2016 In an op-ed for The Washington Post, the president outlined new measures to curb the use of isolation in federal prisons.
Alcatraz: A Prison as Disneyland
Dec 1, 2014 The Alcatraz tourism site is the equivalent of using one of Stalin’s gulags as a prison-themed amusement park. It is a vehicle for peddling delusional myths about mass incarceration and the criminal justice system.
The Purpose of Argument Online
Aug 23, 2014 The "public face of social liberalism" is synonymous with "an endless list of things that you can't do or say or think, and with the constant threat of being called an existentially bad person if you say the wrong thing," journalist Freddie deBoer writes.
Americans’ Isolationist Instincts Are Sound
Jan 8, 2014 The Washington Post and the International New York Times had the same front-page headlines today. Both had to do (as the Times put it) with the "Power Void" in the Mideast, deploring that America's decade of attempting to create a new order in the region now is blowing up in its face.
