VIDEO: How Rape Survivors Are Fighting Sexual Violence in India

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Jul 26, 2015 Harrowing personal accounts of rape victims in this video highlight the work of an advocacy group demanding better policing and public awareness of sexual violence in India. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

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Comcast Can Do Whatever It Wants

Staff / Truthdig Aug 29, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: With the current vacuum of regulation, the biggest broadband Internet provider can legally censor content. Also: Why Gaza needs a war crimes trial, journalism struggles with prejudice, and the NFL gets serious about domestic abuse. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Justice Department Says Rikers Island Jailers Routinely Abused Teen Inmates

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Aug 9, 2014 An extensive report by the Justice Department has found that New York's primary jail is an absolute hell for underage inmates. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

This Texas District Attorney Candidate Says Family Violence Is ‘Overrated’

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Feb 20, 2014 As the top law enforcement officer (should he win) in Harris County, Texas, one would hope Lloyd Oliver would prosecute domestic violence with all due zeal, but the Democratic candidate told The Texas Observer the crime is "so, so overrated" and equated abuse to a tap on the hand. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Lee Baca to Step Down From L.A. County Sheriff Post

Staff / Truthdig Jan 8, 2014 After 48 years in the department, L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca is hanging up his hat at the end of January as federal probes continue into allegations of prisoner abuse in local jails and racial discrimination in an area over which his office presides. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Boy Scout ‘Perversion Files’ Detail Years of Sexual Abuse

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Oct 19, 2012 The Boy Scouts of America has been forced to release more than 20 years of secret files that reveal numerous child sex abuse allegations within the organization. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Bully’: Zooming In on Childhood Demons

Richard Schickel / Truthdig Apr 2, 2012 Is bullying on the rise in schools around the country? I don’t know You don’t know And, most important, Lee Hirsch, director of the documentary “Bully,” doesn’t seem to know either Is bullying on the rise in schools around the country? I don’t know . Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Los Angeles Removes Entire Staff From Troubled School

Staff / Truthdig Feb 7, 2012 In the wake of two independent molestation scandals at one of L.A.’s poorest elementary schools, school district Superintendent John Deasy announced that he is temporarily replacing the entire staff -- teachers, administrators, janitors -- while he tries to make sense of the situation. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Preoccupied by Health and Safety

Staff / Truthdig Dec 2, 2011 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Robert Scheer condemns the eviction of Occupy L.A.; the protesters police themselves; the NBA lockout ends and so does Herman Cain's campaign, and we get a feminist analysis of the Penn State scandal. Dig deeper

Preoccupied by Health and Safety

Staff / Truthdig Dec 2, 2011 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Robert Scheer condemns the eviction of Occupy LA; the protesters police themselves; the NBA lockout ends and so does Herman Cain's campaign, and we get a feminist analysis of Penn StateThis week on Truthdig Radio: Robert Scheer condemns the eviction of Occupy L; protesters police themselves; the NBA lockout; the Herman Cainwreck, and a feminist take on the Penn State scandal. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Shame in Happy Valley

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Nov 8, 2011 Legendary Penn State football coach Joe Paterno said, "I did what I was supposed to" In fact, nobody at Penn State did what basic human decency requires -- and as a result, according to prosecutors, an alleged sexual predator who could have been stopped years ago was allowed to continue molesting young boys" In fact, nobody at Penn State did what basic human decency requires. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )