Mass Aerial Surveillance Is a Growing Orwellian Concern in the United States

Thor Benson / Truthdig Sep 8, 2016 The federal government has been equipping planes with monitoring devices for some time. But how far will law enforcement agencies go in order to watch citizens? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Public Sector Unions Pin Hopes on Antonin Scalia Going Rogue

Bill Blum / Truthdig Jan 12, 2016 The conservative Supreme Court justice holds the key to their fate in a case with blockbuster potential. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

The Supreme Court on Affirmative Action: 5 Possible Outcomes

Bill Blum / Truthdig Dec 11, 2015 If onetime University of Texas aspirant Abigail Fisher prevails on all of her claims, the last tepid vestiges of race-conscious affirmative action will end at public colleges and universities throughout the land. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Will Liberals and Conservatives Unite to Defeat Fast Track and the TPP?

By Alison Rose Levy Mar 8, 2015 A proposal to give President Obama the power to sign two international trade deals without congressional oversight has commentators on the left and right fuming.A proposal to give President Obama the power to secretly and unilaterally negotiate two big trade pacts has pundits on the left and right fuming. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Why Some of the Most Conservative Republicans Are Pro-Immigration

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Dec 2, 2014 Take, for example, studies arguing for a liberalized immigration policy by the Cato Institute, a conservative libertarian think tank started by the vast wealth of right-wingers Charles and David Koch. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Debate: Secret TPP Text to Eliminate Internet Freedom Exposed

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 15, 2013 A 95 page draft of a chapter of possibly the most consequential U.S. trade deal in history released by WikiLeaks on Wednesday details plans regarding patents, copyright, trademarks and industrial design, "showing their wide-reaching implications for Internet services, civil liberties, publishing rights and medicine accessibility," "Democracy Now!" reports. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Rich, Conservative Push for Right-to-Work (Video)

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 13, 2012 What appears to be an impromptu shift in Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s stance on the right-to-work bill he signed into law this week was a consequence of months of planning supported by the Koch family and the behind-the-scenes conservative lobby group ALEC. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Climate Deniers Ready Deceptive Report

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 24, 2012 The Cato Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based libertarian think tank, is set to publish a document that poses as an “addendum” to a report released in 2009 by the U.S. Global Change Research Program. The new “report,” which apes the design of the original, denies the threat of global warming. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

How Tax Reporting Is Skewed to Benefit the Rich

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 24, 2012 Think tanks such as the Cato Institute and the Tax Foundation like to cherry-pick tax data to claim that the rich pay more than their fair share But a broad look at taxation shows it’s not true, a writer at The Economist saysThe Cato Institute and the Tax Foundation like to cherry-pick tax data to claim that the rich pay more than their fair share. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Morning Review’: Prop. 8 and the Big 3

Staff / Truthdig Nov 21, 2008 Check out the most recent "Morning Review Friday with Roy Ulrich," where UC Irvine Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky discusses Proposition 8's current legal status, and Truthdig's own Titus Levi engages in a fruitful debate on the virtues and pitfalls of a bailout of the auto industry in Detroit with the Cato Institute's Dan Ikenson. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )