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Three journalists could see more than a decade in an Egyptian prison for the crime of doing their job, and the media and governments of the West are shamefully silent. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Donald Kaufman / TruthdigMay 28, 2014
The ice patches due to melt will unleash an amount of plastic waste more than double the size of Texas. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMay 5, 2014
Salah Hassan was tortured by US soldiers inside the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq 10 years ago To date, no high ranking U official has been held accountable for the tortures that became widely publicized, but Hassan and other former prisoners are attempting to sue CACI International, one of the private contractors that ran the prison. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Amy Goodman / TruthdigApr 10, 2014
Journalism is not a crime. Neither death nor imprisonment should be the punishment for reporting the news. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMay 22, 2013
Is the desire to enter the U.S. television news market corrupting Al-Jazeera English's journalistic integrity? The network's silent retraction from its website of a controversial article criticizing Israel suggests it is, Glenn Greenwald writes at The Guardian. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMar 6, 2013
"If you look at the context of what he's done and the enormous damage he did to national security and our prestige around the world, throughout most of history someone like that would be executed," former Defense Department spokesman J.D. Gordon said of Pfc. Bradley Manning on Al-Jazeera this week. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJan 5, 2013
Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists consider the fiscal cliff deal and the issues it left untouched: the debt ceiling and the threat of “reform” to social services. They also dissect the re-election of John Boehner as speaker of the House as well as the FTC’s decision on Google and antitrust and anti-competition laws. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 15, 2011
More and more American women face the trauma of combat, yet post-traumatic stress disorder is often presented as a uniquely male condition. According to this short documentary, the number of women suffering from PTSD symptoms has doubled in the past 10 years. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 12, 2011
Egyptian police raided the Cairo offices of the news network Al-Jazeera on Sunday in what is being interpreted by some of Egypt's revolutionaries as a crackdown on free expression and a continuation of some of the autocratic practices of the regime of ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 5, 2011
Al-Jazeera's slick video news magazine "Fault Lines" investigates the incredible income disparity in the United States that now sees 40 percent of the nation's wealth in the hands of the top 1 percent. Spoiler alert: The rich get richer, and it's not very pleasant. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 23, 2011
The Mexican resort city of Acapulco is a vacation destination for U.S. travelers and locals alike, but a short distance away from the beaches, a battle among Mexican authorities, drug cartels and indigenous communities is playing out. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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