Vatican Spokesman, Deputy Resign Abruptly in a Period of Papal Crisis

NICOLE WINFIELD / The Associated Press Dec 31, 2018 The resignations signal deep internal problems as Pope Francis makes reforms in the wake of a global sex abuse and cover-up scandal. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Fake News Travels 6 Times Faster Than the Truth, Study Shows

SETH BORENSTEIN / The Associated Press Mar 8, 2018 Massachusetts Institute of Technology research finds that in 126,000 stories tweeted millions of times over 10 years, "no matter how you slice it, falsity wins out." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

Helping Abusers Change Their Lives

Truthdig staff / Truthdig Feb 27, 2018 Experts say abusive behavior isn't inherent but is culturally learned and therefore can be unlearned. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

FCC Votes to Repeal Net Neutrality (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Dec 11, 2017 The FCC votes along party lines to repeal the "net neutrality" rule adopted in 2015. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Sean Spicer Resigns as White House Press Secretary

Staff / Truthdig Jul 21, 2017 After Spicer abruptly quits, Sarah Huckabee Sanders is named to replace him. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Women in the Obama Administration Came Up With a Clever Strategy to Make Themselves Heard

By April M. Short / AlterNet Sep 19, 2016 They used "amplification" to combat a subtle, common form of sexism. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A Conversation With Robert Scheer: Larry Flynt Is With Hillary Clinton (Multimedia)

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Apr 9, 2016 Love him or hate him, the Hustler publisher has never compromised his beliefs He shared them -- including why he wants the former secretary of state to be president -- during a visit to Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer's communications class at the University of Southern California He shared them—including why he wants the former secretary of state to be president—during a visit to Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer's communications class at the University of Southern California. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Reclaiming Conversation

By Carlos Lozada Oct 23, 2015 We live in a world of incessant connection, and for all the communication it supposedly provides, it's destroying open-ended conversation. "We are being silenced by our technologies," Sherry Turkle writes in a new book. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Era of In-Communication

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Eye Phone

Randall Enos, Cagle Cartoons Jul 12, 2014 Dig deeper

How a Church in Alabama Used Hitler to Recruit Youth

Staff / Truthdig Jun 5, 2014 Life Savers Ministries of Opelika misguidedly used a quote by the German dictator on a billboard; some claim the Internet is not destroying communication, but rather improving it; meanwhile, a study finds that losing sleep at night causes the brain to produce more of the Alzheimer's protein. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Jumping Through Cellphone Hoops

Arcadio Esquivel, Cagle Cartoons, La Prensa, Panama Feb 18, 2014 Dig deeper