Questioning Local Media Coverage of the Dakota Access Pipeline Protests

Staff / Truthdig Feb 21, 2017 Reporter Jordan Chariton appears on a North Dakota news show to set the record straight about what’s happening at #NoDAPL camps. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Cenk Uygur and the Truthdig Team Question the Future of Progressive Politics

Staff / Truthdig Feb 17, 2017 Truthdig staff members sat down Thursday with the host of The Young Turks to discuss his bid to shake up the Democratic Party. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Democrats Have No Idea What Resistance Looks Like (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Feb 6, 2017 For all the opposition's criticism of Donald Trump, 14 Democrats voted for every one of his first five Cabinet nominees, and the party still doesn't seem to have a cohesive strategy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Young Turks’ Cenk Uygur Co-Creates ‘Justice Democrats’ to Revamp the Democratic Party (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Jan 25, 2017 In a segment of Monday’s show, host Cenk Uygur explains the need for a modern progressive wing in the Democratic Party. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Flint Residents Protest Exclusion From Water Quality Meeting

By Lauren McCauley / Common Dreams Jan 11, 2017 Advocates and residents express concern that officials are rushing to declare the city's water supply safe. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Best Truthdiggers of 2016: Risk-Takers Are Honored for Challenging the Status Quo

Staff / Truthdig Dec 31, 2016 From politicians who went against the grain to activists who risked their lives for a cause, our most popular Truthdiggers serve as a reminder to stand up for justice in the face of adversity. (Pictured here, David Archambault II, tribal chairman of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota and a leader in the Dakota Access pipeline fight.) Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

‘The Young Turks’: Trump’s Election Puts $36,000 Into Pockets of Every U.S. Millionaire (Video)

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Dec 15, 2016 On the online news show, Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola and Jimmy Dore break down the reasons Republicans want to ax President Obama's Affordable Care Act. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Why Every Person at the DNC Should Be Fired

By Cenk Uygur / Common Dreams Nov 17, 2016 Voters can’t stand the establishment. But the Democratic National Committee of Hillary Clinton and Evan Bayh will never learn that lesson, because they are the establishment. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Cenk Uygur of ‘The Young Turks’ Explains Why He’ll Vote for Hillary Clinton

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 8, 2016 "The correct strategy is you live to fight another day,” Uygur says "We avoid fascism Check Then we go fight the establishment And then we win". Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Symbiosis Experience

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Oct 3, 2016 A visit to the transformational festival in California's Central Valley shows why the anti-corporate event has the potential to become a movement in the United States. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks: Have Some Faith in Bernie Sanders’ ‘Our Revolution’

Staff / Truthdig Aug 26, 2016 Uygur urged Sanders supporters who are disappointed with the announcement of the senator’s new organization to trust the group's leaders unless they betray their core principles. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Lead Contamination at Indiana Low-Income Housing Site Is Being Addressed After Decades of Inaction

Staff / Truthdig Aug 17, 2016 A video investigation of conditions at an affordable-housing complex in northern Indiana shows how the crisis came to be and how it might be “worse than Flint.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )