Here’s Why the New ‘Family Friendly Work’ Fad Is a Fraud

Robert Reich / Truthdig Aug 17, 2015 I’m delighted Netflix and other high-powered firms are offering family-friendly work. But I take most of the news with a grain of silicon, and so should you. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

‘Fable III’ Gives Gamers Gay-for-Play Options

Staff / Truthdig Oct 27, 2010 Although gay marriage and adoption by same-sex couples are still not fully sanctioned in the real world, things are different in at least one corner of the virtual realm Take "Fable III," for example, which gives gamers free rein (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Court Clears the Way for Gay Adoptions in Florida

Staff / Truthdig Sep 23, 2010 A Florida appeals court has struck down that state's draconian ban on gay adoption, the only explicit prohibition against adoptive gay parents in the country. The court really had no choice, since there's nothing wrong with gay parents and they appear to raise superior children. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Russia Puts Adoptions by Americans on Hold

Staff / Truthdig Apr 15, 2010 Following last week's diplomatically embarrassing -- and for the child in question, no doubt traumatizing -- fiasco involving a 7-year-old Russian boy whose adoptive American mom returned him to Moscow alone a year after bringing him to the States (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Haiti Frees Most of the Jailed Missionaries

Staff / Truthdig Feb 18, 2010 Eight of the 10 Baptist missionaries accused of kidnapping have been sent packing by a Haitian judge, who said he had not finished questioning the group's leader and nanny. The judge said that parents of children taken by the missionaries made statements in their defense, AP reports. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Adopting From Haiti: Too Soon?

Staff / Truthdig Feb 13, 2010 Indeed it is too soon, says actress Angelina Jolie, who has three adopted children, from Cambodia, Ethiopia and Vietnam. In the wake of allegations of child kidnapping and fears of child trafficking in Haiti, Jolie has come out to make the very uncontroversial assertion that "an emergency is not the time for new adoptions." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Adoption in Haiti [A Cartoon From Germany]

Rainer Hachfeld, Neues Deutschland, Germany Feb 9, 2010 Dig deeper

Kidnapping Is Not Charity

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Feb 9, 2010 Even in the midst of a terrible natural disaster, spiriting away a busload of kids -- with vague plans to worry about the "paperwork" later -- is no act of charity. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Pseudo-Reality Web Show Zooms In on Abortion Issue

Staff / Truthdig Feb 3, 2010 Would any pregnant woman want American viewing audiences to decide whether she should keep or abort her baby? Luckily, even the producers of the new Web-based show "Bump" know that that kind of programming wouldn't fly, but they did go so far as to dramatize that idea by using actors in various prenatal scenarios to stage their stories for an online voting audience. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Questioning Adoption-Abortion Link

Staff / Truthdig Oct 30, 2007 One of the right wing's most frequently invoked alternatives to abortion is adoption -- but, as an Op-Ed piece in the Los Angeles Times points out, the relationship between the two choices is not at all as direct or demonstrable as some politicians, such as Rudy Giuliani, have made it seem. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gay Flamingos Adopt Chick

Staff / Truthdig May 23, 2007 A pair of gay flamingos with a yen for parenthood have adopted an abandoned baby chick at a nature preserve in Britain. Homosexuality is not uncommon among flamingos, and males are able to produce a type of milk for chicks. Fernando and Carlos have been mates for six years. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Halliburton: Because Orphans Just Don’t Make Themselves’

Staff / Truthdig Oct 29, 2006 Check out this stinging satire of Halliburton from "Real Time With Bill Maher." (h/t: Crooks and Liars) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )