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My friend Howard Zinn was, in my opinion, the best human being I've ever known. The best example of what a human can be, and can do with his life.

Judged by the standard of an event's potential long-term impact on our public life, the most important will be the argument before the Supreme Court (on the same day, as it happens) about a case that, if decided wrongly, could surrender control of our democracy to corporate interests.

There is something especially unsettling about visiting Las Vegas these days—and it is not the town's lascivious culture.

Ralph Nader has announced that he will run for the presidency for a third time. In the past months on Truthdig, the case has been made both for and against such a campaign. Here Chris Hedges says why he should run, while Robert Scheer tells Nader himself it would be better if he didn't.

A new report released by Ameri

This past Saturday the Democra

The French charity group L'Arc