A Plea to Protect Documentaries

By John Pilger / johnpilger.com Dec 13, 2017 Australian filmmaker and journalist John Pilger tells how films that dissent from the official version of the truth are an endangered species. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Brexit Surprise: Boris Johnson Bows Out of Tory Leadership Race; Labour Feud Continues (Multimedia)

Staff / Truthdig Jun 28, 2016 The Tory head of the Leave campaign was expected to announce his bid for prime minister Thursday morning -- that is until his closest ally decided to break away and announce his own run. (Updated)The Tory head of the Leave campaign was expected to announce his bid for prime minister Thursday morning—that is until his closest ally decided to break away and announce his own run. (Updated) Dig deeper ( 28 Min. Read )

Trouble for Johnson & Johnson After Another Big Loss in a Talcum Powder-Ovarian Cancer Case

Staff / Truthdig May 5, 2016 In two court decisions in less than three months, Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay out $127 million. And it faces 1,200 similar lawsuits. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Corporate Media Gatekeepers Protect Western 1 Percent From Panama Leak

Staff / Truthdig Apr 5, 2016 The massive release of documents is a wonderful thing, but do not expect a genuine exposé of capitalism. The dirty secrets of some corporations will remain unpublished. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Does David Attenborough Get Depressed?

Staff / Truthdig Jan 23, 2016 The veteran BBC naturalist has aged into the role of noble elder of the conservation movement. How does he cope with the fact that ecology is in retreat all around us, asks George Monbiot, Guardian journalist and fellow Brit. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Meryl Streep Decries Income Inequality in Hollywood, Obliquely Identifies as a Feminist

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Oct 9, 2015 C'mon, Meryl -- even Beyoncé doesn't shy away from calling herself a feminist. Or maybe therein lies part of the intergenerational quandary. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Saudi Regime in Crisis Mode as Hajj Stampede Death Toll Reaches 717

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Sep 25, 2015 Saudi Arabia's King Salman was working on disaster containment and prevention strategies after Thursday's mass tragedy in Mina, where at least 717 people were killed and 863 others injured in a stampede during the Hajj pilgrimage. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Scheer Article Found Among Reading Materials in Osama bin Laden’s Last Hideout

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig May 21, 2015 On Wednesday the White House released a list of English-language documents found among the al-Qaida founder's belongings in 2011, after U.S. Navy SEALs killed him in a compound in Pakistan, to which he had been traced. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Did U.K. Conservatives Threaten the BBC With Cuts During the Recent Election?

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig May 13, 2015 In an eye-opening piece for The Guardian, one of the Labour Party leader's senior advisers claims that the Tories continually interfered with press freedoms during the U.K. general election by threatening BBC journalists and executives. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Russell Brand: ‘Mr. Don’t Vote’ Changes Mind

Staff / Truthdig May 6, 2015 The comedian and activist advocates voting after looking at the British political landscape and interviewing the Labour Party leader. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Ten Years Ago, the BBC and Apple Had the Same Global Revenues’

Staff / Truthdig Mar 5, 2015 The British media giant has fallen behind the times; fighting the Islamic State group's propaganda may require propaganda in turn; meanwhile, Nutella struggles to dissociate its chocolatey spread from fecal matter. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

This Seattle Girl Has Developed a Fascinating Relationship With Birds (Video)

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Mar 5, 2015 Like something out of a storybook, 8-year-old Gabi Mann has established a reciprocal connection with the crows that visit her backyard. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )