As part of its commitment to providing independent information and resources to its readers, Truthout chooses a "progressive pick" every week: an independent book or DVD that we find thought-provoking and insightful. Each week, we provide articles, excerpts and interviews about the progressive pick, and also offer you a chance to receive the book or DVD with a donation to Truthout. Our progressive pick-related articles are archived below.
We Shouldn't Be Satisfied With Mediocre Answers to Great Questions
By Mark Karlin, Truthout | Interview
The Far North of Experience: In Praise of Darkness (and Light)
By Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch | News Analysis
Through Stories, Rebecca Solnit's New Book Guides Us to Reveal Hidden Selves
By Rebecca Solnit, The Viking Press | Book Excerpt
Maya Angelou Writes of Mothers and Daughters: Reconciliation and Unconditional Love
By Maya Angelou, Random House | Book Excerpt
Scahill: Dirty Wars Institutionalized Despite Obama Promises
By Sarah Jaffe, Truthout | Interview
Jeremy Scahill Recounts How the US Dirty Wars Killed Women and Children in a Yemeni Village
By Jeremy Scahill, Nation Books | Book Excerpt
Everyday Socialism, American-Style, Is Happening Now
By Gar Alperovitz, Chelsea Green Publishing | Book Excerpt
Socialist Discussion - Visions of a New World
By Bill Fletcher, Jr., Jacobin Magazine | Book Review
Angela Davis | Recognizing Racism in the Era of Neoliberalism
By Angela Davis, City Lights Books | Book Excerpt
Ronald Reagan Made the War on Drugs a Race to Incarcerate
By Sabrina Jones and Marc Mauer, The New Press | Book Excerpt
How the Prison-Industrial Complex Destroys Lives
By Mark Karlin, Truthout | Interview
The Internet Is in Danger of Being Strangled by Commercialism
By Robert McChesney, The New Press | Book Excerpt
Digital Disconnect: Robert McChesney on "How Capitalism Is Turning the Internet Against Democracy"
By Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now! | Interview and Video
The Common Denominator in Gun Massacres Is Military-Style Weapons Championed for Profit
By Mark Karlin, Truthout | Interview
How the Gun Industry Is Killing Americans
By Tom Diaz, The New Press | Book Excerpt
Can Capitalism Tolerate a Democratic Internet? An Interview With Media Expert Robert McChesney
By Anne Elizabeth Moore, Truthout | Interview
How the Financial Plutocracy Tugs the Leash on the Two-Party Duopoly
By Mark Karlin, Truthout | Interview
A DC Insider Explains How the Wall Street Lobby Owns DC: Crony Capitalism Prevails at Every Turn
By Jeff Connaughton, Prospecta Press | Book Excerpt
Al Gore: My Vision of the Future
By Al Gore, Random House Books | Book Excerpt
Sonia Sotomayor: From a Bronx Housing Project to the Supreme Court
By Sonia Sotomayor, Random House | Book Excerpt
The Militarization of the National Security State
By Mark Karlin, Truthout | Interview
American Militarism: Costs and Consequences
By Melvin Goodman, City Lights Books | Book Excerpt
Our Food Is Being Hijacked by Monopolizing Corporations
By Mark Karlin, Truthout | Interview
Our Food System Is in Crisis Due to Technology Run Amok and Monopolizing Corporations
By Wenonah Hauter, The New Press | Book Excerpt
When Military Groupthink Condones the Mass Killing of Civilians
By Mark Karlin, Truthout | Interview
"Kill Anything That Moves" Military Doctrine Began in Vietnam
By Nick Turse, Metropolitan Books | Book Excerpt
Billionaire Banker Bandit Likely to Become Next Commerce Secretary
By Greg Palast, Truthout | Op-Ed
Noam Chomsky: Global Democratic Uprisings and New Challenges to US Empire
By Noam Chomsky and David Barsamian, Metropolitan Books | Book Excerpt
Rebecca Solnit on How Disasters Can Move Us From a Sense of Self-Interest to a Sense of Community
By Mark Karlin, Truthout | Interview
