Live Blog: Clinton and Sanders Fight to a Draw in Debate

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 14, 2016 In large part, the evening's argument was about who was the stronger candidate. There was plenty of heat, but in the end the encounter probably did not shift many votes. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

New York Values: What Tiny Ted Cruz Will Never Get About the Big Town

Joe Conason / Truthdig Jan 16, 2016 Demagogues denigrating New York come and go with boring predictability -- and the nation's greatest city will continue to thrive long after the Texas senator is merely an unpleasant memory. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Brooklyn’ Film Review: An Ugly Duckling Soars From New Ground

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Nov 6, 2015 Director John Crowley strikes universal chords in this adaptation of a much-praised novel, and Saoirse Ronan paints a remarkable image of transformation as a young Irish woman who finds herself after crossing the Atlantic. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Guerrilla Artists Install Bust of Edward Snowden in Brooklyn

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Apr 6, 2015 An anonymous group worked in secret to place a 100-pound tribute to the whistleblower in Fort Greene Park. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

NYPD Officer Indicted for Allegedly Head-Stomping Suspect at Arrest Scene (Video)

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Feb 6, 2015 The incident in Brooklyn, N.Y., last July was captured on video by a bystander. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Brooklyn Is America’s Least Affordable Housing Market

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 4, 2014 Move over Manhattan and San Francisco. The buy-up of real estate by investors and wealthy foreigners has made the New York City borough the most expensive place to rent or buy in America. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges Takes On the ‘Global Culture of Violence’

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Oct 15, 2014 On Sept. 28, Chris Hedges spoke at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture's Charley Horwitz Platform on the pervasive violence that characterizes our era and offered possible solutions. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Paying Jabbar Collins $10 Million Doesn’t Address Problems With Prosecutors

Staff / Truthdig Aug 21, 2014 A wrongly convicted Brooklyn man will receive millions in compensation from New York City, but that doesn’t address the broader lack of consequences when prosecutors abuse their power. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

For a Respected Prosecutor, an Unpardonable Failure

Staff / Truthdig Jun 4, 2014 Evidence of a convicted murderer’s possible innocence sat buried in a case file for more than two decades. Now, a prosecutor in Brooklyn will have to answer for the mistake. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

Lewis Lapham and Thomas Frank Forecast the Next American Revolution

BLANK May 5, 2014 The Harper's Magazine associates have had their eyes on America and its moneyed rulers for a combined nine decades. In a bookstore conversation about the latest issue of Lapham's Quarterly, they name the forces conspiring to drive the nation into another age of upheaval. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Bury My Clothes

By Lisa Pasold Apr 25, 2014 For National Poetry Month, we look at Roger Bonair-Agard's meditation on survival, race and establishing personhood in a world that says you have none. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Low Wage Workers in New York City Speak Out

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 2, 2013 A 25-year-old fast food worker from the Brownsville section of Brooklyn went on record in the newspaper of record to say that life earning just above minimum wage is not desirable for herself or her children. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )