America’s Lying Generals and the Lies They Tell

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Jan 14, 2020 By supporting the president's worst misdeeds, our military leadership has disgraced its subordinates and the nation it claims to serve. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Saying Goodbye to Sam

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Oct 28, 2019 Samuel Hynes was a professor, a decorated Marine and an important writer on war and its horrors. But to me, most of all, he was a friend. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison Dead at 88

HILLEL ITALIE / The Associated Press Aug 6, 2019 A giant of modern literature, the author of "Beloved," "Song of Solomon," and more has been celebrated for uncensoring her country's past. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

How the Charter School Movement Co-Opted Teach for America

Annie Waldman / ProPublica Jun 19, 2019 Newly obtained documents reveal the Walton Family Foundation funneled educators into private institutions—and away from low-income schools. Dig deeper ( 20 Min. Read )

Robert Reich: Trump Is Achieving His Primary Goal

Robert Reich / Truthdig May 7, 2019 The president's objective has long been to divide the country. If we're to reclaim our democracy, we must be united in our opposition. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Robert Reich: America’s Meritocracy Is a Cruel Joke

Robert Reich / Truthdig Apr 8, 2019 A monstrous concentration of wealth has created a society in which virtually everything is for sale—including Congress and the White House. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

2015 in Review: Amid the Gloom Covering Our Planet, Some Rays of Light

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 22, 2015 On the winter solstice, a Truthdig review of the year's environmental stories finds cause for hope in our poison-riddled world. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Greenpeace Sting Exposes Academics Hired as Climate-Change Deniers

By Deirdre Fulton / Common Dreams Dec 9, 2015 Professors from major U.S. institutions agreed to write reports promoting the benefits of CO2—and said they did not need to disclose fossil fuel funding. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Sheldon Wolin and Inverted Totalitarianism

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Nov 2, 2015 America's most important contemporary political theorist, who died Oct. 21, warned that militarists and corporate capitalists, obsessed with creating a global empire, would extinguish our democracy. We should have heeded his warning. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Do You Live in One of the Most—or Least—Happy Places in America?

By April M. Short, AlterNet Sep 17, 2015 A new poll measures contentment around the country and the world. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Discussing ‘Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 6, 2015 Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges, author and journalist Max Blumenthal and Israeli activist Ronnie Barkan discussed the state of Israeli society at an event sponsored by Princeton University's Seminarians for Peace and Justice in the Holy Land. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

How Taxpayers Unknowingly Fund Elite Private Universities as Public School Subsidies Shrink

Robert Reich / Truthdig Oct 14, 2014 What justifies so much government spending per student in private elite universities relative to public ones? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )