Syria Turns Facebook on Protesters

Staff / Truthdig May 23, 2011 Syrian authorities are busy proving Julian Assange right as they use what he called "the most appalling spying machine that has ever been invented" to keep tabs on their country's digital dissidents. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Syrian Revolt: 900 Dead and Counting

Staff / Truthdig May 22, 2011 The number of people killed in the current Syrian uprising soared above 900 on Saturday when security officers fired on a crowd marching in memory of others lost to state violence during the two-month struggle. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Responds to a Changing Mideast in Arab Spring Speech

Staff / Truthdig May 19, 2011 Addressing the upheavals that have occurred and transformations still in progress in the Middle East (except for one notable omission), President Barack Obama put the big shifts that the Arab Spring brought in a broader context during a major speech on Thursday (more) UpdatedPresident Barack Obama put big shifts in a broader context during a major speech on the Middle East on Thursday . Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Saleh Again Agrees to Step Down in Yemen

Staff / Truthdig May 18, 2011 Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is reportedly set to sign an agreement that would bring his 33-year rule to an end, making him yet another victim of the "Arab Spring" that began in Tunisia last December and raising questions about the future of al-Qaida in the Middle Eastern country. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Who Is Obama? Now We Know

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig May 6, 2011 Barack Obama is not the man many Americans thought he was. This sudden realization has transformed American politics. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Cinematic Racism

Staff / Truthdig Apr 29, 2011 Major American movies primarily star white actors; poor white students fall behind black peers in the U.K.; and a Chinese college nixes its plan to prohibit PDA. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Dispatches From Cairo: Keeping Up With Egypt

Lauren Unger-Geoffroy / Truthdig Apr 19, 2011 For God's sake, American press! Hurry up! Get up to speed on the Egyptian revolution evolution! It is changing every day. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

U.S.-Backed Bloodshed Stains Bahrain’s Arab Spring

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Apr 13, 2011 One month into Bahrain's uprising, Saudi Arabia sent military and police forces over the 16-mile causeway that connects the Saudi mainland to Bahrain, an island. Since then, the protesters, the press and human-rights organizations have suffered increasingly violent repression. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )