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Truthdigger of the Week: Sen. Angus King

Letter From Birmingham Jail

Chilling: Arctic Tundra ‘Will Turn to Forest’

'The Daily Show': Stewart Slams Hypocrites Cheney and Rumsfeld

'Left, Right & Center': The White House Scandal Trifecta

Truthdigger of the Week: Sen. Angus King
By Alexander Reed Kelly

Letter From Birmingham Jail

Chilling: Arctic Tundra ‘Will Turn to Forest’
By Paul Brown, Climate News Network

How the IRS’ Nonprofit Division Got So Dysfunctional
By Kim Barker and Justin Elliott, ProPublica

Flaring Violence Kills 130 People in Iraq in Three Days

Super PAC Suggests Rand Paul Is Running for President in 2016

The History That Birthed the Tsarnaev Boys

Factory Collapse Kills Two Workers in Cambodia

How Profitable Are Students in 2013?

Googleland: Coming Soon to a Country Near You

‘Left, Right & Center’: The White House Scandal Trifecta

Save Our Democracy: Buy the L.A. Times for $660 Million

‘The Daily Show’: Stewart Slams Hypocrites Cheney and Rumsfeld

Video Allegedly Shows Police Beating David Silva to Death

Act of Congress
By Jesse Eisinger

Daily Rituals
By Gabriel Thompson

The Girls of Atomic City
By Scott Martelle

What Fate Awaits Orwell’s Birthplace?

The Questions Education Reformers Aren’t Asking

Dig led by Mike Rose

Gore Vidal: His Life and Legacy

Dig led by Truthdig Staff

Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881-2001

By Benny Morris

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Book Feature

Reading in the New Millennium: Forward to the Past?

By Juan Cole —

I know many Americans do not read any books once they’re out of school or college. But some do, and what they read has been shaped not only by changing tastes but by availability. The availability consideration is being revolutionized.

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Book Feature

‘Shade It Black’: The Bodybaggers of Iraq

Jess Goodell volunteered when she was a Marine to work in the corps’ mortuary affairs unit in Iraq. Her job was to collect the bodies and body parts of fallen fellow Marines. She wrote a book about the experience called “Shade It Black: Death and After in Iraq.” Here are excerpts from Goodell’s book and Chris Hedges’ interview with the author, read by classically trained actor and Truthdig contributor Eunice Wong.