Water Departments to Change Lead-Testing Methods After Investigators Find ‘Cheats’ in 33 U.S. Cities

Staff / Truthdig Jun 2, 2016 A Guardian investigation prompted by the toxic water crisis in Flint, Mich., found that administrators in dozens of cities, including Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia and Detroit, cut corners while testing drinking water for dangerous levels of lead. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Inequality Sweepstakes

By Thomas Frank / TomDispatch Mar 30, 2016 When you press Democrats on their lousy trade deals or their flaccid response to Wall Street misbehavior, they automatically reply that those awful Republicans wouldn’t let the really good legislation get through. So let's go to a place where Democratic rule is virtually unopposed and see if the excuse holds. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

A Flawed ‘Black Mass’: Tale of a Rat, as Told by Rats

By John Patterson Sep 18, 2015 Director Scott Cooper’s film about Boston gangster "Whitey" Bulger shines in its casting but is shaded by earlier works from Martin Scorsese and others. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Death Sentence

Randall Enos, Cagle Cartoons May 18, 2015 Dig deeper

A Tale of Two Terrorists: Both Convicted, One Condemned to Die

Bill Blum / Truthdig May 16, 2015 The death penalty verdict in the trial of the Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been presented as a rational outcome of the facts, yet other terrorists whose acts were far more destructive, like the 9/11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui, have been shown mercy.The death penalty verdict in the trial of the Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been presented as a rational outcome of the facts, yet other terrorists, like the 9/11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui, have been shown mercy. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges Makes His Case for Revolt

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig May 15, 2015 American society has some serious issues. As Boston NPR affiliate station WBUR's Tom Ashbrook puts it on the latest episode of "On Point," our country's problems range "from a ruling oligarch corporate elite to looming environmental catastrophe to an alarming erosion of civil liberties." What's to be done? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bill Maher May Have Finally Gone Too Far (Video)

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Apr 10, 2015 In a now-viral quip, the comedian compares former One Direction singer Zayn Malik to convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Shock Wave’: A Compelling Poem About the Boston Marathon Bombings

Staff / Truthdig Mar 18, 2015 Leslie McGrath's poem gives us an intimate look into a person's mind in the immediate aftermath of the April 15, 2013, tragedy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Low-Wage Workers Forced to Slog Through ‘Snowmageddon’

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jan 28, 2015 A huge blizzard is ravaging the East, causing thousands of flight cancellations, school closures, at least one death so far and general chaos. Many of those making minimum wage or less are forced to choose whether to venture into the cold or lose their jobs. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Triumph of the Immigrant American Spirit: Meb Keflezighi and the Boston Marathon

Juan Cole / Truthdig Apr 22, 2014 On Monday, Boston responded with its vigorous spirit of community and transcendence to the cowardly terrorism that marred the marathon in 2013, coming out in record numbers for this year's event. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

No Pipe Dream

By Ellen Cantarow, TomDispatch Jan 31, 2014 Spectra Energy, one of the largest natural gas infrastructure companies in North America, had proposed changes in a pipeline it owns, the Algonquin, which runs from Texas into my hometown, Boston. Suddenly, I’m in the crosshairs of the fracking industry, too. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: Chaos in Egypt, NSA Revelations and the GOP

Staff / Truthdig Aug 17, 2013 Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists consider whether the Obama administration should have stated stronger positions on aid and military in Egypt as violence overwhelmed Cairo. Edward Snowden reveals that the NSA broke its own surveillance rules thousands of times. And the Republican Party convenes in Boston and Chris Christie makes a case for 2016. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )