Education

Targeted UCLA Prof Speaks Out

Staff / Truthdig Jan 23, 2006 She slams the hypocrisy of a right-wing academic witch hunt. | story"I'd hate to be mistaken for a 'conservative,' " she says, "but the barbarians really are at the gates." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Funds Exotic Languages in Schools

Staff / Truthdig Jan 6, 2006 Kindergartners to learn Arabic, Farsi, Chinese. | more Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

What Are They Teaching in Journalism Schools?

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Dec 2, 2005 The news that a Time magazine reporter plotted with the attorney for Karl Rove is a window into the den of iniquity that is Washington journalism. As the late great Washington journalist I.F. Stone once put it, "Better to stay in your bathtub reading reports than to have that sort of corrupting access." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )