Think ‘Net Neutrality’ Is Dead? Think Again.

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig May 31, 2018 A bill that revives guarantees is progressing in California, one of a number of states pushing against the 2017 federal rollback. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Day China Diverted the Internet

Staff / Truthdig Nov 18, 2010 For 18 minutes last April 8, as much as 15 percent of the world's Internet traffic was rerouted through Chinese servers, according to a US commission, which said the diverted data included communications from Congress and the U military . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Deficit Commission Under Scrutiny for Outside Ties

Staff / Truthdig Nov 11, 2010 On Wednesday, a special task force assembled by the Obama administration to deal with the ever-burgeoning US deficit, aka the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, made some controversial recommendations (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

They Don’t Build Democracies Like They Used To

Staff / Truthdig Mar 30, 2010 Iraq’s recent election was supposed to remove Nouri al-Maliki from power, but the prime minister, sounding rather like a Bond villain, declared “the game is still very much on.” Now a governmental commission created to keep Baathists out of public life says that on the night before the election it banned six candidates who went on to win. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Tracking the Status of the World’s Women

Staff / Truthdig Mar 9, 2010 To mark International Women's Day, Ms. magazine has helpfully broken down some femme-focused reports from the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women, detailing how the global group's Platform for Action empowerment program is faring after 15 years and describing the challenges and gains that women around the world are facing in 2010. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Early Review of the Angelides Commission: All Puff, No Punch

Staff / Truthdig Jan 14, 2010 Martin Berg from Where's Our Money writes: "The bankers, beleaguered as they may like to appear, have little to fear if the questioning continues as it began So far, this is no Pecora Commission, the Depression-era investigation into the cause of the financial crash that led to landmark reforms ". Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Contractor Waste of Tax Dollars Continues

Staff / Truthdig Aug 13, 2009 DynCorp International got caught charging the government $50 million over contract for providing living facilities in Kuwait. The company's CEO told a congressional commission, "If we're not competitive [in costs], it's possible for the government to replace us." But the opposite seems to be true when it comes to contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan, where fraud, waste and abuse have been all too common for years. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pelosi’s Toothless ‘Commission’

Joe Conason / Truthdig Jul 16, 2009 Congressional leaders are expected to announce a new commission to investigate the causes of America's financial disaster. But unless the speaker and her colleagues summon much greater courage than they have displayed to date, it will only highlight the failure of the Democrats to live up to their heritage.A new commission will only highlight the failure of the Democrats to live up to their heritage. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

U.N. Investigating Bhutto Murder

Staff / Truthdig Jul 2, 2009 It's been a year and a half since the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, and although her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, is now Pakistan's president, local investigations haven't produced many answers about her murder. Now a United Nations commission, led by Chilean Ambassador Heraldo Munoz, is conducting its own inquiry. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sex and the SEC

Staff / Truthdig Dec 20, 2008 Turns out that certain employees at the Securities and Exchange Commission weren't just asleep at the wheel, as it were, when they should have been paying more attention to Bernard Madoff's worrisome investment activities. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Report: WMD Terror Attack Likely

Staff / Truthdig Dec 1, 2008 A month too late for Halloween, a congressionally mandated independent panel has come to this terrifying conclusion: "Unless the world community acts decisively and with great urgency, it is more likely than not that a weapon of mass destruction will be used in a terrorist attack somewhere in the world by the end of 2013." Boo! Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Rwanda Says France Participated in Genocide

Staff / Truthdig Aug 6, 2008 After two years of investigation, a Rwandan commission has accused France of facilitating the 1994 genocide by training Hutu militias and providing support to the Hutu government. The commission also says French forces murdered and raped Tutsis and moderate Hutus. The French government has consistently denied involvement in the genocide, in which 800,000 people were killed, but said it would look at the new report. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )