BLANKFeb 10, 2012
With his column “The Cancer in Occupy,” published earlier this week at Truthdig, Chris Hedges angered many on the radical left with his harsh criticism of the Black Bloc anarchists. Truthout’s J.A. Myerson, an activist and journalist involved in OWS since the occupation’s earliest days, got hold of Hedges by phone to press the issue. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Mr. Fish / TruthdigApr 1, 2011
His name was Sam, no last name, and he wore no pants. He was lying on my little brother’s bed in a filthy orange T-shirt staring up at the ceiling, knees slightly bent, with blue eyes and curly blond hair and small pink lips that were frozen in a strange suckling of the air.My mother was the first dead person I’d ever seen up close. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 13, 2010
An Oregon jury on Tuesday hit the Boy Scouts of America with a $1.4 million verdict and potentially a lot more in punitive damages. Jurors determined that the national organization was negligent in the case of an assistant Scoutmaster who had admitted to abusing Scouts. (continued) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigMar 19, 2010
The Catholic Church isn't the only big organization facing trouble in the sexual abuse department this week The Associated Press reported Friday that an Oregon man who says he was molested by a Scout leader in the 1980s plans to use some of a stash of around 1,000 "perversion files" (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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