Trump Administration Suddenly Pulls Plug on Teen Pregnancy Programs

By Jane Kay / Reveal News Jul 17, 2017 Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price (pictured) and other top Trump appointees are outspoken opponents of federal funding for birth control, advocating abstinence rather than contraception. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Private Money Goes After Trump’s Public Infrastructure Projects

By Matt Smith and Lance Williams, Reveal Jul 3, 2017 The current lobbying push has links to a former disaster involving Mike Pence. Plus, Scott Pruitt’s industry connections run deep, and Trump Org had big plans for Soviet states. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Half of Californians Can’t Afford Their Homes

By Joanna Lin, California Watch Dec 17, 2010 More than half of the state's homeowners with a mortgage -- 514 percent -- spend more than 30 percent of their monthly income on housing costs, according to 2005-2009 estimates from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Marijuana Delivery Services Evade Bans on Dispensaries

Staff / Truthdig Jun 7, 2010 A flourishing and unregulated industry of pot delivery services is circumventing bans on storefront dispensaries and bringing medical marijuana directly to homes, offices and more unconventional locations across California, records and interviews show. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Corporate Farmer Calls Upon Sen. Feinstein to Influence Environmental Dispute

Staff / Truthdig Dec 7, 2009 Wealthy corporate farmer Stewart Resnick (shown above with wife Lynda) has written check after check to U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein's campaigns, and when he needed her help, he got quick results.When wealthy donor Stewart Resnick asked for Dianne Feinstein's help, he got quick results. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Despite Subsidies, Class Sizes Rise in California Schools

Staff / Truthdig Nov 20, 2009 Most of California's largest school districts are increasing class sizes in kindergarten through third grade, eroding the most expensive education reform in the state’s history. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Homeland Security Spending Marked by Waste, Shoddy Oversight

G.W. Schulz / Truthdig Sep 14, 2009 Records show that communities across California had difficulty managing millions in anti-terrorism grants handed out by Congress after Sept 11Records show that California had difficulty managing millions in anti-terrorism grants handed out by Congress after Sept. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

America’s ICE Backwards Approach to Immigration

Andrew Becker / Truthdig Jun 30, 2009 While the nation’s understaffed immigration courts strain under a backlog that has grown to more than 200,000 cases, thousands of new border agents have been hired and the number of government attorneys who argue for deportation has increased by 35 percent, pushing more cases onto an already overburdened system. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Protecting the Homeland From Homeland Security

Staff / Truthdig Jan 28, 2009 As previously reported on Truthdig, there's a lot going on in Homeland Security that doesn't make it onto the reality show of the same name. The Center for Investigative Reporting's G.W. Schulz continues to dig into the department's unsavory bits, including an immigration officer who was arrested for allegedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl in Rio while there on official business. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Homeland Security USA’: The Outtakes

By G.W. Schulz, Center for Investigative Reporting Jan 9, 2009 The inaugural episode of ABC's newest reality television series did exactly as producer Arnold Shapiro told viewers it would: unabashedly celebrated the Department of Homeland Security. It also failed in every conceivable way to critically examine the largest reorganization of the federal government since World War II. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Homeland Security Report: LAX Vulnerable to Attack

Staff / Truthdig Nov 14, 2008 With nearly 62 million passengers having traveled through its terminals last year, Los Angeles International Airport is the world's fifth-busiest. Thanks to lax security practices, it's also embarrassingly vulnerable to cyber attack, according to a report from the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Robocalls Confuse Voters

By Will Evans, Center for Investigative Reporting Nov 5, 2008 Calls have been going out in Virginia and Pennsylvania, telling people to vote tomorrow, on Nov. 5, according to Jonah Goldman, director of Election Protection at the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights. Goldman says he doesn't know who's responsible, but similar misleading messages are being distributed via e-mail, FaceBook and fliers, often targeting young and minority voters. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )