Activism

The Moral Power and Living Legacy of Daniel Ellsberg

Norman Solomon / TomDispatch Jun 10, 2024 The whistleblower’s combination of humanism and realism is still with us, one year after his death. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Military

Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange in the U.S. Await Compensation

Hannah Norman, Patricia Kime / KFF Health News Apr 29, 2024 While the U.S. military used the herbicide to defoliate the jungles of Southeast Asia, it sprayed the same chemicals to kill poison oak and other weeds in northern California. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Book Excerpt

Ron Kovic’s Simple Talk in a Country Graveyard

Ron Kovic / Akashic Books Feb 9, 2024 Kovic’s latest book completes his Vietnam Trilogy, delving deep into his long and often agonizing journey home from war and eventual healing, forgiveness, and spiritual redemption. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

TD Interview

​Sixty Years After JFK’s Assassination, Oliver Stone Reflects  

Ed Rampell / Truthdig Nov 21, 2023 The director of “JFK” on the Kennedy cover-up, why he was killed, and what the country—and the world—suffered as a result. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

Wounds of War

The Healing We Owe Our Vets

Staff / Truthdig Nov 10, 2023 People in the U.S. military are committing suicide at unprecedented rates. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Wounds of War

Biden Is the Latest President to Tout the Vietnam War as Proud History

Norman Solomon / Truthdig Sep 22, 2023 Telling central truths about the Vietnam War is a basic threat to the U.S. war machine. No wonder the leaders of the warfare state would rather keep pretending. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Ear to the Ground

Daniel Ellsberg Week

Staff / Truthdig Apr 28, 2023 The legendary whistleblower is now “living under a deadline.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Military

Forgetting the Lessons of Vietnam

James W. Carden / IMI Jan 27, 2023 The U.S. foreign policy establishment proves in Ukraine that it forgot the lessons of the Vietnam War. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Julian Bond Was a Radical Long Before MLK

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Feb 28, 2020 A new book shows how the activist's positions on issues like the Vietnam War and environmental justice helped move civil rights leaders left. Dig deeper ( 34 Min. Read )

The Real Reason America Stopped Winning Wars

William Astore / TomDispatch Feb 5, 2020 Trump believes America doesn’t win anymore because we're not ruthless enough, but the truth is much simpler and far less bloody. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Dennis Kucinich: The Democratic Party Has No Soul

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jan 31, 2020 As tensions between progressives and moderates boil over, the former presidential candidate offers an insider’s take on the party. Dig deeper ( 22 Min. Read )

Why Won’t Democrats Unequivocally Oppose War With Iran?

Norman Solomon / Truthdig Jan 9, 2020 A crisis of this magnitude demands a forceful response, yet even such putative progressives as Sen. Chris Murphy feel the need to equivocate. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )