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May 25, 2013Truthdigger of the Week: Medea Benjamin
May 18, 2013Truthdigger of the Week: Sen. Angus King
May 11, 2013Truthdiggers of the Week: Judges, Prosecutors of Efraín Ríos Montt
May 4, 2013Truthdigger of the Week: Jason Collins
April 27, 2013Truthdigger of the Week: Jeremy Scahill
April 20, 2013Truthdigger of the Week: Tom Engelhardt
April 14, 2013Truthdigger of the Week: Stéphane Hessel
April 6, 2013Truthdigger of the Week: David Stockman
March 30, 2013Truthdigger of the Week: Edith Windsor
March 23, 2013Truthdigger of the Week: Tomas Young
March 16, 2013Truthdigger of the Week: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
March 9, 2013Truthdigger of the Week: Hugo Chavez
March 9, 2013Truthdigger of the Week: Rand Paul
March 2, 2013Truthdigger of the Week: Bradley Manning
February 23, 2013Truthdigger of the Week: Alexa O’Brien
February 16, 2013Truthdigger of the Week: Elizabeth Warren
February 9, 2013Truthdigger of the Week: Anonymous Obamacare Explainer
February 2, 2013Truthdigger of the Week: Brendon Ayanbadejo
January 26, 2013Truthdigger of the Week: Michael Paarlberg
January 19, 2013Truthdigger of the Week: Nick Turse
January 13, 2013Truthdigger of the Week: Aaron Swartz
January 5, 2013Truthdigger of the Week: Malala Yousafzai
December 29, 2012Truthdigger of the Week: Electronic Frontier Foundation
December 22, 2012Truthdigger of the Week: Zack Kopplin
December 15, 2012Truthdigger of the Week: Dean Baker
December 8, 2012Truthdigger of the Week: @KYAnonymous
December 1, 2012Truthdiggers of the Week: Iceland’s Leaders
November 24, 2012Truthdigger of the Week: Chris McGreal
November 17, 2012Truthdigger of the Week: James Balog
November 10, 2012Truthdiggers of the Week: Women in the U.S. Senate
November 3, 2012Truthdiggers of the Week: NYC Marathon Protesters
October 27, 2012Truthdigger of the Week: Elizabeth Warren
October 20, 2012Truthdigger of the Week: George McGovern
October 13, 2012Truthdigger of the Week: Sheila Bair
October 6, 2012Truthdigger of the Week: ‘Democracy Now!’
September 29, 2012Truthdigger of the Week: Juan Gonzalez
September 22, 2012Truthdigger of the Week: U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest
September 15, 2012Truthdigger of the Week: Brad Birkenfeld
September 8, 2012Truthdigger of the Week: Glen Ford
September 1, 2012Truthdigger of the Week: Ali Abunimah
August 25, 2012Truthdigger of the Week: Glenn Greenwald
August 18, 2012Truthdigger of the Week: Matt Fisher
August 11, 2012Truthdigger of the Week: Pfc. Bradley Manning
August 4, 2012Truthdigger of the Week: Ex-TARP Investigator Neil Barofsky
July 28, 2012Truthdigger of the Week: Morgan Jones, Reporter on the Spot
July 21, 2012Truthdiggers of the Week: 7 FDA Whistle-Blowers
July 14, 2012Truthdigger of the Week: William Binney
July 7, 2012Truthdigger of the Week: Anderson Cooper
June 29, 2012Truthdigger of the Week: Joe Sacco
June 22, 2012Truthdigger of the Week: Julian Assange
June 15, 2012Truthdigger of the Week: Michigan Rep. Lisa Brown
June 8, 2012Truthdigger of the Week: WSJ Writer Mark Maremont
June 1, 2012Truthdiggers of the Week: Judges of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
May 25, 2012Truthdiggers of the Week: 400,000 Canadians Launching the ‘Maple Spring’
May 18, 2012Truthdigger of the Week: U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest
May 11, 2012Truthdiggers of the Week: 35,000 Striking British Police Officers
May 4, 2012Truthdiggers of the Week: The May Day Occupiers
April 27, 2012Truthdiggers of the Week: 40,000 Brave Norwegians
April 20, 2012Truthdigger of the Week: Stephen F. Downs
April 13, 2012Truthdigger of the Week: Peter Edelman
April 7, 2012Truthdigger of the Week: Amy Goodman
March 23, 2012Truthdigger of the Week: Glenn Greenwald
March 15, 2012Truthdigger of the Week: Greg Smith
March 8, 2012Truthdigger of the Week: Rep. Dennis Kucinich
February 24, 2012Truthdiggers of the Week: Marie Colvin and Rémi Ochlik
February 17, 2012Truthdigger of the Week: Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis
February 10, 2012Truthdigger of the Week: 9th Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt
February 3, 2012Truthdiggers of the Week: Planned Parenthood Supporters
January 27, 2012Truthdigger of the Week: Stephen Colbert
January 20, 2012Truthdigger of the Week: Chris Hedges
January 13, 2012Truthdiggers of the Week: Indiana University Poverty Researchers
January 6, 2012Truthdigger of the Week: Daniel Ellsberg
December 30, 2011Truthdigger of the Week: Rep. Dennis Kucinich
December 23, 2011Truthdiggers of the Week: Marissa Gaeta and Citlalic Snell
December 16, 2011Truthdiggers of the Week: NDAA Dissenters in Congress
December 9, 2011Truthdiggers of the Week: Two Mortgage Meltdown Whistle-Blowers
December 2, 2011Truthdigger of the Week: Judge Jed Rakoff
November 25, 2011Truthdigger of the Week: Laurie Penny
November 18, 2011Truthdigger of the Week: Dorli Rainey
November 11, 2011Truthdigger of the Week: Robert Reich
November 4, 2011Truthdigger of the Week: Scott Olsen
October 21, 2011Truthdigger of the Week: Naomi Wolf
October 14, 2011Truthdigger of the Week: Citizen Radio
October 7, 2011Truthdigger of the Week: Jesse LaGreca
September 30, 2011Truthdiggers of the Week: Occupy Wall Street
September 23, 2011Truthdigger of the Week: Amy Goodman
September 16, 2011Truthdigger of the Week: Shoshana Hebshi
September 9, 2011Truthdigger of the Week: Mike Lofgren
September 2, 2011Truthdigger of the Week: Lawrence Wilkerson
August 26, 2011Truthdiggers of the Week: Bill McKibben and Protesters
August 19, 2011Truthdigger of the Week: Anna Hazare
August 12, 2011Truthdigger of the Week: Ron Thomas
June 3, 2011Truthdigger of the Week: Gil Scott-Heron
May 20, 2011Truthdigger of the Week: Eric Schneiderman
April 23, 2011Truthdigger of the Week: Singing Obama Protesters
April 8, 2011Truthdigger of the Week: Joseph Stiglitz
March 18, 2011Truthdigger of the Week: P.J. Crowley
March 4, 2011Truthdigger of the Week: Glenn Greenwald
February 25, 2011Truthdiggers of the Week: The Libyan Defectors
February 18, 2011Truthdigger of the Week: Ray McGovern

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