Activism

Arab-Iranian Poet Hanged as an ‘Enemy of God’

Staff / Truthdig Feb 10, 2014 Human rights activist and bard Hashem Shaabani, who was a vocal critic of "the treatment of ethnic Arabs in the province of Khuzestan," was executed in Iran in late January after almost three years in prison, where he was reportedly tortured. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Legalizing Oppression

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Feb 10, 2014 The disbarring and imprisonment of Lynne Stewart, one of the nation’s most courageous civil rights lawyers, is a window into the collapse of our judiciary. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Lynne Stewart

BLANK Feb 10, 2014 Early in the Bush administration, six months after the attacks of Sept 11, Attorney General John Ashcroft announced he would prosecute attorney Lynne Stewart on the grounds that she had materially aided a terrorist organizationSix months after the attacks of Sept. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Livelihoods: The Business of Cutting in Kenya

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 10, 2014 Kenyan tribal economics requires that the pleasure-giving parts of female genitalia be removed for families to exchange property or money during marriage. The Guardian speaks to one of the procedure's practitioners. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Risk of Relying on Terms of Service

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 8, 2014 The taking down without explanation from Facebook of a photo of a Syrian man who was killed demonstrates the danger of creating activist networks in digital places that are owned and operated by corporations that have an interest in cooperating with power, a contributor to Techdirt writes. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sibling Rivalry Not Fit For a King

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Feb 8, 2014 Nothing will ever tarnish the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who transformed a nation. But his squabbling heirs seem to be trying their best. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Latest Snowden Revelation Spells Trouble for Anonymous and All of Us

Staff / Truthdig Feb 6, 2014 The NSA whistle-blower's new leak that the British government targeted activist collective Anonymous has sizable and scary implications; in 2013, 85 people were exonerated for crimes they didn't commit, and it wasn't just because of scientific advances; meanwhile, strangle rules and regulations are being revealed in Sochi as the Winter Olympics start. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Wheels on the (Tech) Bus

Mark Fiore / Truthdig Feb 6, 2014 Look out, Manhattan, here we come! Dig deeper

The Sochi Olympics, From Putin and the Plutocrats to Pussy Riot

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Feb 6, 2014 The Sochi Olympic Games are rightly highlighting the constellation of abuses that have become standard in Russia under Vladimir Putin. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Stephen Colbert Joins Pussy Riot to Send Vladimir Putin a Message

Staff / Truthdig Feb 5, 2014 Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Dear President Obama: Tar Sands and Keystone XL Are More Dangerous Than an Iranian Atomic Bomb

Juan Cole / Truthdig Feb 4, 2014 Dear President Obama: While you seem to put a great deal of emphasis on Iran’s nuclear enrichment program, you seem to take a longer view on a much, much more extreme threat to the earth than a few thousand atomic bombs. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Who’s Behind the Rapid Decline in Abortions in the U.S.?

Staff / Truthdig Feb 4, 2014 The abortion rate has hit a 30-year low, but anti-choicers had nothing to do with it. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )