Open Veins, Healing Wounds in Latin America

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Apr 17, 2015 For the first time in more than half a century, the presidents of the United States and Cuba have had a formal meeting. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Jon Stewart Solves the American Gender Pay Gap. Not.

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Mar 25, 2015 How idealistic can one man making a heartfelt call for pay equality be? Jon Stewart finds out in a recent "Daily Show" segment. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

American Hero; American Story

Richard Reeves / Truthdig Nov 15, 2014 John Doar died last week at the age of 92. If there was a Greatest Generation, he was one of its greatest men. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

On Art and Politics: A Letter to the Millennials

By Jonathan Taplin Aug 27, 2014 There is a sense in which art, politics and economics are all inextricably and symbiotically tied together, but history has proven to us that art serves as a powerful corrective against the dangers of the establishment. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Is Obama Too Thoughtful to Be President?

Richard Reeves / Truthdig Aug 23, 2014 The presidency is not what it seems or what we (and the president) wish it were. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

What Gratitude Requires

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Nov 29, 2013 Thanksgiving Day is awash in sentiment, but gratitude is not a sentiment. It's a virtue. Properly understood, gratitude is hard because it entails both an admission and a demand. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Why Isn’t Anybody Talking About the Major Oil Discovery in Australia?

Staff / Truthdig Nov 26, 2013 Crude found outside a small town in the land down under nearly outnumbers all the reserves in Saudi Arabia; former Cuban President Fidel Castro believes JFK's assassination was part of a larger conspiracy; meanwhile, French President Francois Hollande stands up to Israel. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

That Day in Dallas…

Patrick Chappatte, Cagle Cartoons, The International Herald Tribune Nov 24, 2013 Dig deeper

JFK Flame

Nick Anderson / Truthdig Nov 23, 2013 Dig deeper

‘Left, Right & Center’: Debating Filibusters, Gay Marriage and JFK’s Legacy

Staff / Truthdig Nov 23, 2013 Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists discuss a procedural rule change in the U.S. Senate that would allow a majority vote on judicial and executive appointees, other than for the Supreme Court. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Legend Will Never Die

Richard Reeves / Truthdig Nov 23, 2013 Professors and pundits are downgrading President Kennedy's legacy these days, seeing him as an ordinary, even ineffective leader. The people, three-quarters of them, according to polling done this month by the Gallup organization, rate him as the greatest of modern presidents.Professors and pundits are downgrading President Kennedy's legacy these days. The people, according to polling done this month by Gallup, rate him as the greatest of modern presidents. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

JFK

David Fitzsimmons, Cagle Cartoons, The Arizona Star Nov 23, 2013 Dig deeper