Outrage Over Whites-Only Christian Conference in Alabama

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jul 6, 2012 The Rev. William C. Collier cordially invites you to his three-day Christian conference in Alabama -- but only if you're white. Fliers advertising the event titled "Annual Pastors Conference All White Christians Invited," were reportedly put up during the middle of the night in the western Alabama town of Winfield on Monday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Organizers, Not Occupiers: The Young People Working in the Shadows of a National Movement

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig May 2, 2012 By chance, the revelation of how Apple evades millions of dollars in taxes broke three days before May Day, when workers of the world traditionally protest such injustice.In Los Angeles, activists without the national reputation of Occupy struggle for change behind the scenes. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Where Liberals Go to Feel Good

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jan 24, 2011 The liberal class' solution to the bleak political landscape is the conference, where liberals go to feel good about themselves again Forget about reclaiming and re-electing President Obama -- worry about resisting him. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Clear and Pheasant Danger

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Son of a Breach

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What Obama’s Nuclear Weapons Conference Missed

William Pfaff / Truthdig Apr 14, 2010 The specific inspiration for weapons proliferation among vulnerable Third World states is the desire to have a nuclear deterrent against invasion or attack by the United States (or in the Iran case, Israel), or by some other nation in the future. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Obama and the House GOP: Full Q&A From Baltimore

Staff / Truthdig Jan 30, 2010 Courtesy of C-SPAN, watch the whole (and at times, lively) exchange between President Barack Obama and Republican House members at a GOP retreat in Baltimore on Friday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Health Care Reform: Easier Than It Looks

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jan 11, 2010 There is broad agreement on the kinds of concessions the Senate can make to the House and still preserve the 60 votes needed for passage of a unified health care reform bill. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

U.S. Ends AIDS Immigration Discrimination

Staff / Truthdig Jan 4, 2010 For 22 years, people with HIV and AIDS have been banned from entering the U.S. It's pretty difficult to throw a global AIDS conference under such circumstances, which is why the policy is coming to an end. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Lowered Expectations

Staff / Truthdig Sep 26, 2009 President Obama has lowered the bar for December's Copenhagen climate change conference by talking down the importance of arriving at an agreement on global warming by the end of the year. Obama's position contradicts the United Nations and others who see the conference in Denmark as a crucial moment for stemming climate change. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the Incredible Shrinking Audience

Staff / Truthdig Apr 21, 2009 Clearly, several dozen delegates at the United Nations anti-racism conference in Geneva, Switzerland, disagreed with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's assessment of Israel as a "racist government" on Monday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Climate Crisis Looks Worse and Worse

Staff / Truthdig Mar 13, 2009 Scientists meeting in Copenhagen say the U.N.’s worst climate fears are already coming to pass. Lord Stern, who helped alert the world to the economic perils of climate change, said at the conference that his 2006 report underestimated both the speed and scope of climate change. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )