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Truthdigger of the Week: Sen. Angus King

Letter From Birmingham Jail

Chilling: Arctic Tundra ‘Will Turn to Forest’

'SNL': Stefon's Farewell Features Anderson Cooper

The IRS and the Real Scandal

The Lotto Symbolizes the False Promises of Barracuda Capitalism
By Juan Cole

The IRS and the Real Scandal
By Robert Reich

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

Letter From Birmingham Jail

Will Yahoo ‘Ruin’ Tumblr?

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?

‘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

‘SNL’: Stefon’s Farewell Features Anderson Cooper

Act of Congress
By Jesse Eisinger

Daily Rituals
By Gabriel Thompson

The Girls of Atomic City
By Scott Martelle

The Questions Education Reformers Aren’t Asking

Dig led by Mike Rose

Gore Vidal: His Life and Legacy

Dig led by Truthdig Staff

Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land

By David K. Shipler

Tag: Pet

AP photo / Khalid Mohammed

Iraqi Official: Suicide Bombers Had Down’s Syndrome

The two suicide bombers who carried out the attacks that killed 91 people in crowded Baghdad animal markets were mentally challenged women with Down’s syndrome, according to Iraqi military officials. The women reportedly had been strapped with explosives that were activated via remote control.

Posted on Feb 1, 2008 READ MORE | 35 COMMENTS

Gore Vidal: Reflections on 9/11

By Gore Vidal —

The legendary man of letters sees echoes of Rome’s devolution from republic to empire in America’s imperial misadventures since the Sept. 11 attacks.

Posted on Sep 19, 2006 READ MORE | 77 COMMENTS

From the AP

Students Recall Bush’s ‘My Pet Goat’ Reading

The AP returns to the Sarasota, Fla., school where Bush learned the news of the 9/11 attacks while reading from a children’s book. “His face just started to turn red,” one student remembered. “I thought, personally, he had to go to the bathroom.” Watch it.

Posted on Sep 11, 2006 READ MORE | 3 COMMENTS

Fox via CNN

‘Simpsons’ Trump First Amendment

OK, OK, we know that it’s a waste of breath of get exercised over the ~~ignorance~~ educational quirks of the American populace, but get this: Only one in four people can name more than one First Amendment freedom, while half of people in a poll can name at least two “Simpsons” family members.