Staff / TruthdigDec 19, 2005
The Gwich'in people's way of life is at stake whenever oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is proposed. Award-winning photographer Deddeda Stemler chronicles their existence on the banks of the Porcupine River in the Yukon Territory. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigDec 14, 2005
The more we learn of the Bush administration's pervasive outsourcing of torture, the more sensible it seems as a policy. Evidently, our intelligence people, tainted as they are by the squeamish morality of Western civilization, are just not fully up to the task of getting prisoners to tell us what the administration wants us to hear. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 14, 2005
On Dec. 2 Kenneth Boyd was executed by the state of North Carolina, becoming the 1,000th person to be executed since the 1976 Supreme Court ruling Gregg v. Georgia reinstated capital punishment in the United States. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigDec 13, 2005
"There is no U.S. footprint" is the proud boast of one of the Pentagon's propaganda contractors, and it prompts the questions: Why not? What are they ashamed of? One thing is that most of us in this democracy did not know we were paying for this vast official propaganda operation until we read it in Jeff Gerth's excellent investigative piece in The New York Times. A truly free press is our most valuable export, and its reputation should not be undermined by the Bushies' addiction to government propaganda. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigDec 12, 2005
How refreshing that there is one democratic nation — Chile — where a leading candidate has the courage to suggest that the impact of the clergy has not always added to enlightenment, particularly as to the place of women in society. Jefferson lives. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigDec 10, 2005
How telling that the Nobel Peace Prize has been granted to the United Nations agency that Bush kicked out of Iraq after it failed to find weapons of mass destruction that he just knew were there See BBC story Meanwhile, there are some Democrats who have some explaining to do. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Sheerly Avni / TruthdigDec 10, 2005
"Brokeback Mountain," winner of four Golden Globes, including Best Dramatic Film, goes beyond gay issues to not only break your heart but wring your soul. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 8, 2005
Was Frist playing doctor when he pushed legislation for medical reform or just lining his pockets? Get background on the accusations of Medicare fraud, conflict of interest and insider trading facing Sen. Bill Frist. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Sam Harris / TruthdigDec 7, 2005
Sam Harris argues against irrational faith and its adherents.For Sam Harris it's simple: Atheism is not a philosophy or a view of the world; it's simply a refusal to deny the obvious. Dig deeper ( 17 Min. Read )
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