FILM
From ‘Oppenheimer’ to ‘Repo Man’: Truthdig’s Guide to Nuclear Cinema
By TRUTHDIG STAFF
Surveying eight decades of onscreen atomic anxiety.
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TD ORIGINAL
Mr. Magoo Vs. Daredevil
By JIM KNIPFEL
Are blind ‘superpowers’ another caricature?
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ECONOMIC JUSTICE
Government to Consider Alternatives to Patent Monopoly Financing of Drug Development
By DEAN BAKER
Without patent monopolies and related protections, drugs would almost invariably be cheap.
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ENVIRONMENT
A Quarter of Rural Water Systems Likely Contain Forever Chemicals
By SARAH TRENT
USGS research confirms widespread PFAS contamination in drinking water—including in rural communities and private wells that are almost never tested.
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PRISON REFORM
Los Angeles Set To End Most Pre-trial Detention
By RAFIK NADER WAHBI AND NICHOLAS SHAPIRO
The move comes amid a nation-wide push to end cash bail.
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ACTIVISM
Mutual Aid Organizers in NYC Save Asylum-Seekers As The City Fails Them
By REBECCA CHOWDHURY
As record numbers of migrants seek aid in the city, they are increasingly turning to the Black and Arab Migrant Solidarity Alliance for help.
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LABOR
UPS Teamsters Prepare for Historic Strike
By ALEXANDRA BRADBURY AND LUIS FELIZ LEON
With 340,000 UPS Teamsters set to walk of the job, the largest strike at a private employer in decades is brewing.
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OPINION
Housing Is a Human Right—We Need to Recognize It as Such
By FARRAH HASSEN
Housing is fundamental to every person’s life, health, and security. Our government should start treating it that way.
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MUSIC
A Tribute to Canyon Women
By JESSIE KINDIG
On Joni Mitchell, Vivian Gornick, and other feminist legends.
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TD EVENT
What’s Behind the Race to Create Artificial General Intelligence? Understanding the TESCREAL Bundle of Ideologies
By STAFF
Join us this Friday July 28th, 10 a.m. PST / 1 p.m. EST for a Truthdig live event moderated by Dig Curator Dr. Émile P. Torres.
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