Sergio Hernandez / ProPublicaMay 9, 2024
The department’s site for tracking officers’ discipline is shockingly unreliable. Cases against officers frequently vanish for days — sometimes weeks — at a time. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Ray McGovern / ConsortiumnewsJan 24, 2018
The odds are against anyone ever answering for recent "inadvertent" deletions of electronic data at the two agencies. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Thandisizwe Chimurenga / TruthdigAug 15, 2017
Policies that chip away at the power, protection and prestige that law enforcement enjoys are crucial aspects in the fight. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Eric Ortiz / TruthdigNov 2, 2016
We, the people, have more power than we think. To exercise our power, we must insist that our elected representatives serve us. If they don’t, we need to vote them out as quickly as possible. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
By William D. Hartung / TomDispatchMay 25, 2016
By keeping us in the dark about how it spends our money, the Pentagon has made it virtually impossible for anyone to hold it accountable for just about anything. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )
Donald Kaufman / TruthdigJan 14, 2014
Sen. Elizabeth Warren has teamed up with Republican Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma to introduce a bill that takes aim at the efficacy and malfeasance of government settlements on corporate wrongdoing and could bring billions of dollars back to taxpayers. If corporations have the same rights as people, then they should have to suffer the same consequences. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJan 10, 2014
Ahead of Obama's anticipated announcement of new NSA regulations, the Truthdig columnist and the NSA whistle-blower discuss with The Real News Network's Paul Jay what the president should tell the American people about the unprecedented domestic spying program he presides over. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigNov 22, 2011
Over a pair of steaming coffee cups, I was told that a secret faction has developed within New York City’s Occupy movement, made up of big-name celebrities and would-be leaders, some of whom look determined to steer the movement in a direction of their choosing.Over a pair of steaming coffee cups, I was told that big-name celebrities and would-be leaders look determined to steer the movement in a direction of their choosing. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 18, 2010
The mercenary firm formerly known as Blackwater has argued in court that the company’s private contractors who killed 17 Iraqis in Baghdad in 2007 should not be held accountable. Why? It’s Washington’s fault, they claim, as Blackwater fighters were acting as employees of the U.S. government at the time. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 11, 2010
President Barack Obama has demanded an investigation into the deaths of 29 miners after an explosion in a West Virginia coal mine brought new and widespread attention to hazards in the mining industry. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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