Muslims Accused of Violent Crimes Get More Media Attention, Harsher Sentences

Emily Wells / Truthdig Apr 7, 2018 A study finds that Muslims who plot violence get seven times more news coverage than non-Muslims and sentences that are four times longer. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

CAIR-LA Files Federal Lawsuit Accusing Long Beach Police of Stripping Woman of Hijab

Staff / Truthdig May 3, 2016 A male officer allegedly removed Kirsty Powell’s religious headscarf by force during an arrest, and now the United States' largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization seeks justice. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Human Rights Risks of Encryption ‘Back Doors’

Carey Shenkman / Truthdig Feb 27, 2016 Calls by candidates and law enforcement to undermine encryption could seriously harm many people, including sexual and gender-based rights activists, domestic violence victims, human rights defenders, psychiatrists and counselors and their clients, and journalists and their sources. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Techno-Art of the Moment, Featuring Laura Poitras, Ai Weiwei and the Mona Lisa

Carey Shenkman / Truthdig May 6, 2015 “Seven on Seven: Empathy and Disgust,” a New York event, couples artists with technologists or activists and gives them 24 hours to produce something. And those “somethings” turn out to be most interesting. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

FBI’s Proposals for Mandatory Tech Security ‘Back Doors’ Are Slammed by Bipartisan Committee

Carey Shenkman / Truthdig Apr 30, 2015 The U.S. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform considered Wednesday whether Congress should pass laws requiring companies to add "back doors" to their tech products. In other words, the FBI wants a way to get into consumer data that theoretically only law enforcement—and not hackers—can exploit. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

What’s the Point of a Source Protection Law That Wouldn’t Protect Chelsea Manning or Edward Snowden?

Carey Shenkman / Truthdig May 19, 2014 Laws are bad when they don't do what they are meant to and even worse when they cause harm instead. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Robert Scheer on the Meaning of May Day

Staff / Truthdig May 2, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Robert Scheer talks immigration and organizing, Donald Sterling has been a confirmed bigot since at least 2009, and a proposed press shield law leaves Glenn Greenwald exposed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

More Snowden Revelations Coming, Guardian Cryptography Analyst Says

Staff / Truthdig Sep 27, 2013 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: understanding the deadly siege in Nairobi, this week's big U.N. speeches through the prism of Arab public opinion, the First Amendment club for "official" journalists, and cryptography guru Bruce Schneier says Edward Snowden's work isn't done. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )