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Tag: Truthdigger Of The Week

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Nominate Our Next Truthdigger of the Week

Who made your week by speaking truth to power, blowing the whistle or standing up to injustice? Let us know here.

Posted on Feb 8, 2011 READ MORE | 2 COMMENTS

Truthdigger of the Week: Christine Yvette Lewis and Domestic Workers United

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.

Posted on Feb 4, 2011 READ MORE | 3 COMMENTS

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Nominate Our Next Truthdigger of the Week

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.

Posted on Feb 2, 2011 READ MORE | 6 COMMENTS

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Truthdiggers of the Week: The Egyptian Protesters

This week we acknowledge the thousands who have been marching against tyranny in the 30th year of President Hosni Mubarak’s dictatorial rule. (Honorable mentions after the jump.)

Posted on Jan 28, 2011 READ MORE | 30 COMMENTS

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Nominate Our Next Truthdigger of the Week

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.

Posted on Jan 25, 2011 READ MORE | 5 COMMENTS

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Truthdigger of the Week: Adrienne Kinne

Truthdig tips its hat this week to former Army Sgt. Adrienne Kinne, who has defied her one-time higher-ups by speaking out about how military officials knew that a target list in April 2003 contained the name of Baghdad’s Palestine Hotel, which was shelled by a U.S. tank on April 8 even though embedded reporters were staying there. Two journalists were killed in the attack; one of them even filmed his own death.