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March 21, 2016
On Cuba, JFK Was Married to the Mob
“John F. Kennedy’s administration tried to assassinate Fidel Castro by using Mafia hit men,” writes Truthdig’s editor in chief in a Los Angeles Times column first published on Nov. 11, 1997.
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March 20, 2016 The U.S. Terrorized Cuba, Not the Other Way Around
February 5, 2016
Raider Fan’s Loyalty Is Tested by News of Ex-Quarterback’s Brain Disease
Kenny “The Snake” Stabler suffered woefully from a condition brought on by head trauma. He deserved better from the NFL, and all pro football players deserve better.
January 11, 2006 Site Preferences
January 29, 2016 AUDIO: ‘Left, Right & Center’: It’s Finally, Almost, Caucus Time!
January 19, 2016
Hillary Blames Bernie for an Old Clintonite Hustle, and That’s a Rotten Shame
With stupefying arrogance, Clinton tried during Sunday’s debate to tie her rival to the Great Recession—an economic crisis that actually was fostered by Bill Clinton, his aides and even one of her own campaign advisers.
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January 19, 2016 VIDEO: Trevor Noah: Sunday’s Debate Was All About Bernie Sanders
October 24, 2015
An Idiotic GOP Is Looking at the Wrong Thing in Its Clinton Probe
The real issue is not protection of a diplomat but the bipartisan zeal for creating military mayhem throughout the Middle East.
October 25, 2015 Ben Carson Says He’s Against Abortion in All Cases, Invokes Slavery Metaphor
October 25, 2015 Benghazi
October 16, 2015
Bernie Blew It: He Sold Out Instead of Confronting Clinton
In Tuesday’s debate, the Vermont senator fell into the trap of mainstream politics when he failed to face down the front-runner on her policy positions and record.
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October 16, 2015 U.S. Analysts Knew Afghan Site Destroyed in Airstrike Was a Hospital, AP Says
October 9, 2015
Go Ahead, Back Hillary Clinton and Forget All About Her Record
The candidate has been profoundly wrong on the two most pressing issues of our time—economic injustice and unbridled militarism—and seems incapable of learning from her dangerous errors in judgment.
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October 2, 2015
Amid the Crowing of the GOP and Clinton, Sanders Is on the Rise
The Republicans have rolled out a clown car in the presidential campaign, and Hillary Clinton is holding to old, bad policies. Sanders, growing in strength, is one of the few points of hope in the race.
October 3, 2015 The Grass Roots Are Getting Greener for Sanders, but Will They Wither?
October 2, 2015 Hunting Hillary: Dim Speaker-to-Be Reveals Select Committee’s Partisan Goal
September 24, 2015
Pope Francis: He Told Them!
The visiting pontiff presents a moral energy that has been largely absent in our political discourse. In light of his comments, much of what we have heard in the presidential campaign now seems tawdry and small.
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September 25, 2015 Dalai Lama’s ‘Sexist’ Remarks Anger Equality Activists
September 18, 2015
Fools, Fascists and Cold Warriors: Take Your Pick
Are they fools or fascists? Probably the former, but there was a disturbing cast to the second GOP debate, a vituperative jingoism reminiscent of the xenophobia that periodically scars Western capitalist societies in moments of disarray.
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September 17, 2015 Winners and Losers in the GOP Debate That Went On and On
July 31, 2015
From the Truthdig Archives: The Terror America Wrought
This week marks the anniversary of a U.S. attack that deliberately took the lives of thousands of children on their way to school.
July 30, 2015 White Right-Wing Terrorists Are Biggest Threat to Americans, Study Finds
July 27, 2015 Not Terrorism?
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