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Who made your week by speaking truth to power, blowing the whistle or standing up to injustice? Let us know here.
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Illustration by Mr. Fish
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Truthdig Editor Robert Scheer’s column, which would normally appear here at this time, will be released on Thursdays instead of Wednesdays starting this week. Click here to get the latest from Robert Scheer in your inbox.
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Who made your week by speaking truth to power, blowing the whistle or standing up to injustice? Let us know here.
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Flickr / Felipe Bachomo (CC-BY)
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Who made your week by speaking truth to power, blowing the whistle or standing up to injustice? Let us know here.
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Flickr / Felipe Bachomo (CC-BY)
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Who made your week by speaking truth to power, blowing the whistle or standing up to injustice? Let us know here.
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Flickr / Felipe Bachomo (CC-BY)
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Who made your week by speaking truth to power, blowing the whistle or standing up to injustice? Let us know here.
Posted on Aug 16, 2011
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Who made your week by speaking truth to power, blowing the whistle or standing up to injustice? Let us know here.
Posted on Aug 9, 2011
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Chris Hedges, whose column would normally appear here at this time, is on book leave and will return the first week of September. Until then, click here for a look back at the classics.
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Chris Hedges’ column would normally appear in this space at this time, but this week Truthdig will publish it on Monday evening or Tuesday. If you need a Hedges fix before then, you can get the latest from or about him right here.
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Truthdig editors interviewed esteemed editorial cartoonist Dwayne “Mr. Fish” Booth, whose debut collection, “Go Fish: How to Win Contempt and Influence People,” is out from Akashic Books. The artist talks about his craft, his inspiration, and the man behind the brilliant, wild and provocative cartoons.
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Illustration from a photo by Jeffrey (CC-BY-SA)
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Amazon.com abruptly ended its Associates Program for California residents Wednesday, cutting off roughly 10,000 individuals and small businesses, including this one, from a vital source of income with less than a day’s notice. Like a handful of states, California is trying to force Amazon to collect sales tax. (more)
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Who made your week by speaking truth to power, blowing the whistle or standing up to injustice? Let us know here.
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Once again, Truthdig has won the Webby Award, the juried version, in the “Blog—Political” category for the second year in a row. The competition consisted of four widely read sites on top of their game: “Close Read” on The New Yorker, Comedy Central’s Indecision ... (more)
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Who made your week by speaking truth to power, blowing the whistle or standing up to injustice? Let us know here.
Posted on Apr 6, 2011
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Who made your week by speaking truth to power, blowing the whistle or standing up to injustice? Let us know here.
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In this premiere episode of our weekly radio show, former bin Laden hunter Michael Scheuer tells us why we’re losing, renowned physicist Frank N. von Hippel tells us to fear the bomb and Juan Cole says Arab protesters are looking for a New Deal. Update: Full transcript.
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In this premiere episode of our weekly radio show, former bin Laden hunter Michael Scheuer tells us why we’re losing, renowned physicist Frank N. von Hippel tells us to fear the bomb and Juan Cole says Arab protesters are looking for a New Deal. (A full transcript is available here.)
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Who made your week by speaking truth to power, blowing the whistle or standing up to injustice? Let us know here.
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Who made your week by speaking truth to power, blowing the whistle or standing up to injustice? Let us know here.
Posted on Feb 24, 2011
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Who made your week by speaking truth to power, blowing the whistle or standing up to injustice? Let us know here.
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This week we celebrate Wael Ghonim, the 30-year-old Google marketing executive who helped organize the Egyptian uprising.
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Who made your week by speaking truth to power, blowing the whistle or standing up to injustice? Let us know here.
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You may have caught sight of Christine Yvette Lewis setting Stephen Colbert straight with lines such as “Woman’s work is real work and it should be compensated.” Lewis is a working nanny and member of Domestic Workers United, a group that organizes the “invisible work force” of in-home cleaners and caregivers.
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Last week we recognized the Egyptian protesters, who were nominated by reader SeemaZ. Who made your week by speaking truth to power, blowing the whistle or standing up to injustice? Let us know here.
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Where is the tea party of the left? Pacifica Radio is running a weeklong investigation into America’s missing movement. Truthdig is pleased to have collaborated on a special episode, which will air on Pacifica stations Tuesday morning. Be sure to catch it and other installments of this important series. More details here.
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We’re bringing back the “Truthdigger of the Week,” but we’re doing things a little differently this time. We want you to tell us who deserves the honor. Who made your week by speaking truth to power, blowing the whistle or standing up to injustice? Let us know here.
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Well, we here at Truthdig already think he’s the best, but it’s fantastic news that the Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists has singled out veteran journalist, author and Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer as this year’s recipient ...
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The veteran journalist talks to Truthdig’s James Harris about his new book, which zeroes in on a war-averse president struggling to impose order on chaos abroad without losing his grip on the home front.
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By Kevin Tillman — In light of the release of the must-see documentary “The Tillman Story,” we reprint Kevin Tillman’s classic 2006 Truthdig piece on the death of his brother, Pat.
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If you missed Robert Scheer discussing with readers his latest column, “Thank God for the Whistle-Blowers,” on the WikiLeaks revelations, or you just want to relive the excitement, you can read the full transcript here.
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If you missed our inaugural Q&A session with author and Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges in which he discussed with readers his latest column, “Calling All Future-Eaters,” or you just want to relive the excitement, you can read the full transcript here.
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If you missed Robert Scheer discussing with readers his latest column, on Obama and big business, or you just want to relive the excitement, you can read the full transcript here.
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This summer’s inaugural Truthdig Trek with Chris Hedges was truly an adventure. Check out this slide show of photos from the Trek—and see what some of our participants have to say.
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Chris Hedges, whose column normally appears in this space, is currently trekking through the White Mountains with his son Thomas, Truthdig Publisher Zuade Kaufman and a band of Truthdig readers. His column will return when he does. For information on future Truthdig events, contact us or sign up for our newsletter.
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The Webby Awards were held Monday night in the posh Cipriani ballroom (once the lobby of the bank that would become Citi) on Wall Street. Truthdig Editor Robert Scheer took the opportunity to stick it to the neighborhood. Video after the jump.
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We are currently recovering from what we believe thought was an attack on the site. We were down for over an hour. In restoring the site, we appear to have lost a number of comments. We deeply regret this. We appreciate the time and thought you put into your comments and we will do our best to retrieve them. Update after the jump.
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Congratulations to our favorite cartoonist, who won a prestigious Sigma Delta Chi award from the Society of Professional Journalists on Monday. We plan to celebrate by taking a spin through his fearless and insightful work and ordering an award-winning T-shirt or two.
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We’ve been nominated for the 2010 Webby Awards in both the political site and political blog categories (and we’re in great company). Big thanks from the staff to all our readers, donors, writers and commenters who made it possible. Take a bow and then take a minute to vote for us here and here—because your voice matters!
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Update: We are go. Truthdig is now a lot faster, comments are back on and we thank you all for your patience. Have anything to say about the new setup or bugs to report? Drop us a line in the comments of this entry or via our feedback form. A lengthier explanation after the jump.
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In a rare turnabout of camera and subject, “Democracy Now!” host Amy Goodman talks with Truthdig’s Robert Scheer about the major inspirations and role models of her life, her life’s work, and how the ongoing crisis in journalism is really a crisis of truth. Updated
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Collage of photos taken by Alexander Gardner / Truthdig / Pete Souza
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After the former U.S. senator’s death on Sunday morning, we look back at a 2009 conversation between him and Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer.
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By Narda Zacchino —
George McGovern has some advice for President Barack Obama: Get U.S. troops out of Afghanistan. “I’m convinced that war is going to turn sour. I’m convinced we’re not going to prevail there,” he said.
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Truthdig editors Robert Scheer, Peter Scheer and Kasia Anderson give their takes on their picks from the week’s crop of news stories, including the rise of radical rhetoric on the right, Obama’s so-called socialism (for Wall Street) and how to shop for new planets to call our future home.
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Thanks to the L.A. Press Club for acknowledging the excellent work of our writers with three Southern California Journalism Awards. Congratulations to Chris Hedges, who won Online Journalist of the Year and Best Online Column, and Scott Ritter, who took home an award for Best Online Feature. Continue reading for the full list of 12 Truthdig finalists and links to the winning and nominated articles.
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We are honored and humbled to be nominated for a 2009 Webby Award, especially since it’s in the politics category and this last year was about as exciting as it gets, politically. We’re in great company and we need your help to win this thing. Please take a minute to click here and vote for us.
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Here are the five most-read stories of the last seven days, including Chris Hedges on America’s moral meltdown and Robert Scheer on the economic incompetents who find easy employment in the Obama administration. Full list after the jump.
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The renowned filmmaker visited USC’s Annenberg School for Communication on March 3 to talk with Truthdig editors Robert Scheer and Kasia Anderson and their students about “Wall Street,” his 1987 classic—suddenly all too relevant again—and to give a panoramic take on his body of work and what the future holds for the movie industry.
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