Staff / TruthdigOct 29, 2015
Update: In the final installments of our live blog of the third Republican debate, we touch on the evening's biggest quotes and themes and forecast how the "liberal" media (paging Sen Rubio) will frame the evening's event and the candidates' fates going forward
In the final installments of our live blog of the third Republican debate, we touch on the evening's biggest quotes and themes and forecast how the "liberal" media (paging Sen. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges / TruthdigOct 19, 2015
We are committing suicide by failing to rise up in large numbers to oppose a practice that poisons our air and water, causes epidemics of cancers and other diseases, and lays a hellish hand on the ecosystem. The longer we wait for the political process to work, the more assured is our mutual destruction. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 25, 2015
On Sunday's "Last Week Tonight" show, John Oliver took on LGBT discrimination, pointing out that 31 states still do not have anti-discrimination laws in place and saying this makes it “surprisingly easy for people to be fired, evicted or refused service just because they are gay." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Roisin Davis / TruthdigAug 8, 2015
Unable to unanimously agree on the death penalty, a jury gave the Aurora movie theater gunman life in prison without possibility of parole in the killing of 12 people in the 2012 rampage. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigJul 30, 2015
Wait until you see how many people were killed by white supremacist terrorist acts, as opposed to attacks by others. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigJul 12, 2015
The politics of control over the female body often stand in the way of health and safety, but one program has done an unprecedented job of putting women’s well-being and futures into their own hands. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigJul 7, 2015
Between the years 2009 and 2013, there was a 40 percent drop in teen pregnancies in Colorado as well as a 42 percent decrease in abortions, especially in the poorest regions of the state. How exactly did the Centennial State achieve such remarkable results? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJun 4, 2015
The administration of Twin Peaks Charter Academy High School in Longmont, Colo., prevented 2015 class valedictorian Evan Young from giving his graduation speech after learning he would announce he is gay. Two weeks later he made his speech to an audience of hundreds. “Democracy Now!” airs Young’s full address and speaks with him about the experience. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
David Sirota / TruthdigMay 16, 2015
Since Colorado voters legalized marijuana in 2012, more states and cities have been considering a similar path. At the same time, the cannabis market is looking less like a music festival and more like a Silicon Valley confab -- upscale, data-driven and focused on investors. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Amy Goodman / TruthdigDec 25, 2014
Mark Udall, the outgoing Democratic senator from Colorado, may be a lame duck, leaving office in less than a week. But his most important work in the Senate may still be before him. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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