Back to $chool

By Andy Kroll, TomDispatch Oct 2, 2012 It was the greatest education system the world had ever seen, accessible and affordable, a door with a welcome mat into the ivory tower, an invitation to a better life. Then California politicians bled it dry. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Researchers Swipe Personal Data With ‘Brain Spyware’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 4, 2012 Researchers were able to glean sensitive personal information such as PIN numbers and credit card data from the brainwaves of people wearing headsets that allow users to control computer applications with their minds. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Reagan and Hoover, Sittin’ in a Tree

Peter Richardson / Truthdig Aug 15, 2012 "Subversives" shows how the two men and their allies sabotaged the careers of law-abiding citizens, defended reckless police violence and exploited an appalling double standard in the political use of FBI intelligence.Author Seth Rosenfeld's "Subversives" tells how the two men and their allies sabotaged the careers of law-abiding citizens, defended reckless police violence and exploited an appalling double standard in the political use of FBI intelligence. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

New Climate Study Changes Some Minds

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 31, 2012 Global warming is happening and “humans are almost entirely the cause.” That’s the conclusion reached by a team of researchers at UC Berkeley, led by professor Richard Muller, who now considers himself a “converted skeptic” on the issue. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Oh, the Cruelty of the Rich

Staff / Truthdig Apr 11, 2012 Research confirms what the poor have always known about their relationship with the wealthy: They're more likely to get a scavenged sandwich from a tramp than a nickel from a man in pinstripes. Wealth, at least in America today, reduces compassion and fosters selfishness, studies show.Wealth, at least in America today, reduces compassion and fosters selfishness, studies have found. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

New Bill Would Put Taxpayer-Funded Science Behind Pay Walls

By Lena Groeger, ProPublica Jan 12, 2012 Right now, if you want to read the published results of the biomedical research that your own tax dollars paid for, all you have to do is visit the digital archive of the National Institutes of Health. But a new bill in Congress wants to change that. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

A Poet’s-Eye View of Occupy Berkeley

Staff / Truthdig Nov 21, 2011 When he caught wind of conflict between students and police on campus, former poet laureate and UC Berkeley professor Robert Hass rushed to the scene on Nov. 9, only to witness local riot police beating students -- and eventually his wife and him, too -- with billy clubs. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

OWS: The Start of Something Big

Staff / Truthdig Nov 19, 2011 The Occupy Wall Street movement isn't just some lefty rejoinder to the tea party, even though the two political phenomena have been subject to comparison over the last two months, but at least one prominent tea partyer joins a host of scholars and analysts in suggesting that OWS is about far more than (more). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Colbert Report’: Occupy Wall Street Decamped

Staff / Truthdig Nov 17, 2011 Thank goodness New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg deeply understands the meaning of free speech and what it does and doesn't look like, or else his forced decampment of Occupy Wall Street's Zuccotti Park HQ would look like a completely overstated and egregious abuse of political power. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Night of Hope in Berkeley

Cherilyn Parsons / Truthdig Nov 16, 2011 It wasn’t quite Berkeley in 1964, but it wanted to be, and that might be the ultimate significance of the thousands-strong gathering Tuesday night in Sproul Plaza on the Cal campus.The Occupy movement, which has kept apart from other social movements, reached back and grabbed onto the past. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Raw Video: Berkeley Police Clash With Students

Staff / Truthdig Nov 11, 2011 This disturbing video shows riot-ready police facing off with students protesting on Wednesday at UC Berkeley The students were reportedly attempting to set up camp on school grounds, which initially didn't go over well (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Question of Trust

Staff / Truthdig Sep 30, 2011 A recent study from the University of California, Berkeley, reports that people who are more easily embarrassed may also be more trustworthy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )