Digs | Truthdig http://www.truthdig.com/dig/ Truthdig, a Web magazine that provides expert in-depth coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman. en editor@truthdig.com Copyright 2008 2008-11-08T10:46:12+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/dig/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif Truthdig logo Financial Meltdown 101 http://www.truthdig.com/dig/item/20081108_financial_meltdown_101/ http://www.truthdig.com/dig/item/20081108_financial_meltdown_101/ bailout, deregulation, economy, financial meltdown, gramm, lehman, mortgage, paulson, reagan revolution, subprime mortgage, wall street, Financial Meltdown Capzle

Getting a grip on the economic catastrophe that rocked the country during the fall of 2008 is no easy feat, what with so many players, back-room deals, bills, upswings and meltdowns to consider. Updated

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Truthdig is excited to collaborate with Capzles.com on a unique new way of telling a story – in this case, about VP hopeful (and, yes, possible president) Sarah Palin – using video, audio and text “moments” along an interactive timeline.

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]]> 2008-10-06T21:17:00+00:00 Inside the Data Mine http://www.truthdig.com/dig/item/20070809_inside_the_data_mine/ http://www.truthdig.com/dig/item/20070809_inside_the_data_mine/ domestic surveillance, fcc, nsa, onnesha roychoudhuri, qwest, spying, telecommunications, warantless, wiretaps, Politics NSA HQ

The Bush administration’s domestic spying program has depended on the willing participation of America’s telecommunications giants, and all but one, Qwest, were willing to comply. Truthdig contributor Onnesha Roychoudhuri investigates the complex world of national security and regulation to find out whether Qwest’s extraordinary bad luck in recent years has been more than a coincidence—and what it means for what’s left of your privacy.

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]]> 2007-08-10T07:03:00+00:00 Scott Ritter: Calling Out Idiot America http://www.truthdig.com/dig/item/20070323_calling_out_idiot_america/ http://www.truthdig.com/dig/item/20070323_calling_out_idiot_america/ history, iran, mideast, religion, scott ritter, shiia, sunni, wahabi, iraq Flags and Tanks

The former weapons inspector and military intelligence officer plumbs the depths of American ignorance and offers this history of Iraq, the Mideast and Islam. When so few of our politicians, and even fewer of the citizens who elect them,  understand the forces at work in Baghdad and beyond, is it any wonder the occupation has been a disaster?

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]]> 2007-03-24T00:07:00+00:00 A Coalition of the Unwilling http://www.truthdig.com/dig/item/20070306_global_warming_stillman/ http://www.truthdig.com/dig/item/20070306_global_warming_stillman/ britain, climate crisis, coalition, george w. bush, global warming, science, stillman, tony blair, Politics Blair and Bush

While America is still begrudgingly coming to terms with the climate crisis, British politicians, scientists and newspapers have been shouting from the rooftops for years. So why is the U.S. so far behind its closest ally? Truthdig foreign correspondent Sarah Stillman spoke with more than 20 experts to find out.

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]]> 2007-03-07T02:04:00+00:00 The Nightmare Scenario http://www.truthdig.com/dig/item/20070319_the_nightmare_scenario/ http://www.truthdig.com/dig/item/20070319_the_nightmare_scenario/ nuclear, russia, Nuclear Weapons Russian Missile Silo

A former arms control expert in the Soviet Union argues that Bush, in his obsession with North Korea and Iran’s relatively minuscule nuclear threat, has effectively ignored the much more perilous threat of Russia’s 10,000-strong nuclear arsenal.

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]]> 2006-12-11T23:45:00+00:00 Afghan Autopsy http://www.truthdig.com/dig/item/20061128_afghan_autopsy/ http://www.truthdig.com/dig/item/20061128_afghan_autopsy/ afghanistan, kabul, taliban, Afghanistan Afghan autopsy

America began its so-called war on terror with the intention of driving the Taliban from power in Afghanistan. Five years later, the Taliban is back, Osama bin Laden is still alive, and insurgent fighters cite the U.S. presence in the country as their main wellspring of rage. How did it come to this? Truthdig contributor Christian Parenti, just back from Afghanistan, reports.

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]]> 2006-11-29T00:03:00+00:00 Sowing the Seeds of Fascism in America http://www.truthdig.com/dig/item/200601003_white_supremacism_sexism_militarism/ http://www.truthdig.com/dig/item/200601003_white_supremacism_sexism_militarism/ america, aryan, fascism, feminism, military, supremacy, white, militarism american militarism

Author Stan Goff, a retired 26-year veteran of the U.S. Army Special Forces, sounds a warning call that many of the historical precursors of fascism—white supremacy, militarization of culture, vigilantism, masculine fear of female power, xenophobia and economic destabilization—are ascendant in America today.

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Truthdig Editor Robert Scheer puts the 9/11 conspiracy theories in perspective.

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Chris Hedges, the former Middle East bureau chief for The New York Times, argues that there can be no hope for peace in the Middle East as long as America continues to aid Israel in its dehumanizing practices.

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