John Bolton Is Just the Kind of Bully Donald Trump Admires

Marjorie Cohn Apr 6, 2018 The new national security adviser has been called a "serial abuser," a "kiss-up, kick-down sort of guy" who "abuses his authority with little people." Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Not Just Boy or Girl: More Teens Identify as Transgender

LINDSEY TANNER / The Associated Press Feb 5, 2018 A study of ninth- and 11th-graders in Minnesota estimates that nearly 2,200 consider themselves transgender or gender nonconforming. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Revolt Against Trump Is a Backlash Against Bullying

Robert Reich / RobertReich.Org Nov 19, 2017 Powerful and wealthy men who have felt free to impose their will on others, regardless of the pain they cause, may be in for a rude awakening. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Stand Up for Justice, or We All Lose

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Oct 23, 2017 What can a youth soccer game teach us? No matter the degree of injustice, we should say or do something. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Teens Report Surge in Bullying in Wake of Divisive Election Campaign

By A.C. Thompson / ProPublica Jan 25, 2017 In a survey of 50,000 teens, 70 percent reported abusive behavior largely targeting race, sexual orientation and immigration status. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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Going Nuclear: An Environmentalist Makes the Case

Staff / Truthdig Nov 8, 2013 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The director of "Pandora's Promise" pitches nuclear power. Also: Bringing quality food to the poor, and bullying in sports. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Apple Bullies the U.S. Government for Lower Taxes

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 23, 2013 Apple CEO Tim Cook threatened Tuesday to keep more than $100 billion of the company's international earnings away from the United States unless Congress dropped the 35 percent corporate tax rate to the single digits. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Sticks and Stones

By Vinca LaFleur Mar 20, 2013 Many of the adults interviewed by author Emily Bazelon "could access, with riveting clarity, a memory of childhood bullying. … These early experiences of cruelty were transformative, no matter which role you played in the memory reel."For many of the formerly bullied adults interviewed by author Emily Bazelon, "early experiences of cruelty were transformative, no matter which role you played in the memory reel." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

49ers Players Deny Being in Anti-Bullying LGBT Video They’re In

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Feb 1, 2013 As if the anti-gay remarks by San Francisco 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver weren't enough to send the team's management into a tizzy, two of its other players are adding to the controversy by denying that they were in a video produced to combat bullying experienced by LGBT teens. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Watch What Happens When 12th-Grader Comes Out to Entire School

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jan 24, 2013 "Most of you see me every day. You see me acting the part of 'straight' Jacob, when I am in fact LGBT," Jacob Rudolph said. "Unlike millions of other LGBT teens who have had to act every day to avoid verbal harassment and physical violence, I'm not going to do it anymore." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

School’s Supposed Advice for 13-Year-Old Bully Victim: Get a Breast Reduction

Staff / Truthdig Jan 22, 2013 “The lady on the phone said they could transfer my daughter and said her boobs were so large she will always get teased," the teen's mother said. "And the only suggestion she had for me is to have my daughter get a breast reduction.” Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )