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‘I hope God gives me the strength to make more movies’: Scorsese addresses retirement rumours

Martin Scorsese has denied he is planning to retire, telling a press conference in Italy that he has “more films to make” after reports...

America’s Hollow Man

Nothing so possesses the American imagination as presidential elections. Straightforward materialist explanations  —  the absence of laws limiting the length of campaign seasons; millionaires and...

Covid, canal raids and May’s nostrils: six key takeaways from Boris Johnson’s memoir

Planning military incursions into the Netherlands, likening himself to ancient Greeks and comparing Keir Starmer to castrated bulls: the serialisation of Boris Johnson’s forthcoming...

Challenging Popular Narratives on the Sandinsita Revolution

Alain Rouquié once argued that the 1979 Sandinista Revolution marked Central America’s entry into global modernity. While that may be an exaggeration, what is...

Dorset ‘Stonehenge’ discovered under Thomas Hardy’s home

When the author Thomas Hardy was writing Tess of the D’Urbervilles in 1891, he chose to set the novel’s dramatic conclusion at Stonehenge, where...

‘Moneypenny with more power’: book celebrates UK’s forgotten female spies

For decades, their work has been hidden from view, their names missing from the history books.Now, a new book is seeking to shine a...

Coming of Age in the Shadow of 9/11

In his new book, “Homeland: The War on Terror in American Life,” Richard Beck presents a compelling case that the post-9/11 era is still...

Who’s Afraid of Free Trade?

For decades after the Cold War, American capitalism was deeply if incompletely invested in liberalized global trade. NAFTA and other accords aimed to eliminate...

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Daniel Penny trial: Pathologist disputes chokehold death finding

NEW YORK (NewsNation) — A forensic pathologist testified Thursday in defense of the military-trained commuter charged with killing Jordan...
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Illinois Supreme Court overturns Jussie Smollett’s hate crime conviction

The Illinois Supreme Court has thrown out former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett’s conviction for lying about a 2019 hate crime. Smollett...

Truthdig Wins 5 EPPYs

Truthdig is honored to receive the following 2024 EPPY Awards from Editor & Publisher magazine, scoring five first place...

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