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Police Reform Plan

Dave Granlund Feb 2, 2023 Dig deeper

FBI and NSA History One Long Tale of Missing Accountability

Ray McGovern / Consortiumnews Jan 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 )

We Can Hold Police Accountable for Their Crimes. All We Need Are the People.

Thandisizwe Chimurenga / Truthdig Aug 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 )

How We Reinvent Democracy in America

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Nov 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 )

How to Disappear Money, Pentagon-Style

By William D. Hartung / TomDispatch May 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 )

Elizabeth Warren’s Bill Could Mean Billions for Taxpayers

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Jan 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 )

Chris Hedges and Bill Binney on NSA Guidelines

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 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 )

Alphabet Soup

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Mar 24, 2013 Dig deeper

OWS Organizer Questions Intentions of Secretive Affinity Group

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 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 )

Passing the Bloodstained Buck

Staff / Truthdig Dec 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 )

Obama Calls for Probe of Coal Mine Tragedy

Staff / Truthdig Apr 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 )

‘Faux-Countability’

Ruth Marcus / Truthdig Jan 8, 2010 After the screw-up comes the inevitable demand for a head to roll. Call it faux-countability, the phenomenon by which someone takes the fall for a mess for which he or she is at most only partly responsible. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )