Glenn Greenwald Becomes Focus of Brazil Press Freedom Debate

ANNA JEAN KAISER / The Associated Press Jul 12, 2019 The attorney-turned-journalist draws scrutiny from President Jair Bolsonaro's backers for his explosive reports on a far-right figure. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Arizona Secretary of State Confirms Election Fraud During Primary Vote

Emma Niles / Truthdig Apr 2, 2016 Further enraging state residents, Michele Reagan acknowledged that many voters were given provisional ballots because their party affiliation had been changed without their knowledge. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Romney Plans for Presidency, Touré Apologizes for N-Word Use, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Aug 18, 2012 A look at the day's political happenings, including how Paul Ryan's budget hurts the poor and Geraldo Rivera's latest controversy. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

TV Host Hayes Apologizes for ‘Heroes’ Comments

Staff / Truthdig May 29, 2012 MSNBC host Chris Hayes apologized for remarks he made on his Memorial Day-themed TV program Sunday, in which he told viewers he felt "uncomfortable" calling fallen soldiers "heroes." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

NPR Controversy Fueled by Dishonest Editing

Staff / Truthdig Mar 15, 2011 Where there's smoke, there's fire. Where there's a conservative video sting allegedly capturing a liberal target saying something controversial, there's highly manipulative editing. As Mark Sumner on the Daily Kos puts it, "The ACORN video was a fake. The Shirley Sherrod video was a fake. So why should anyone be surprised to find that the NPR video is also a fake?" (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mosque-Issippi Burning

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Aug 18, 2010 Salman Hamdani died on Sept. 11, 2001. The 23-year-old police cadet raced to Ground Zero to save others. His selfless act cost him his life. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Life After Massachusetts Edition

Staff / Truthdig Jan 22, 2010 After the jump: A comprehensive roundup of why the Democrats suck, the all-white basketball league and how classical music can be used as punishment for schoolchildren. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Louisiana Judge Steps Down Amid Interracial Marriage Controversy

Staff / Truthdig Nov 4, 2009 We can't be certain why Louisiana Justice of the Peace Keith Bardwell quit his post Tuesday because his one-sentence resignation doesn't say, but we can guess it has something to do with his refusal to preside over an interracial marriage -- and the public outcry that soon followed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israel Furious at Organ Harvesting Accusation

Staff / Truthdig Aug 24, 2009 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu likened a report in a Swedish tabloid that said Israeli troops harvested organs from dead Palestinians to "medieval libels that Jews killed Christian children for their blood." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Stuck Between a Turk and an Armenian, So to Speak

Staff / Truthdig Apr 27, 2009 President Obama over the weekend commemorated the 1915 murder of over a million Armenians without using the word genocide, a term he had used during the presidential campaign in speaking of the slaughter. The word from the lips of the U.S. president would have angered Turkey at a time when relations between Washington and Ankara are going so well. In the end, Obama's rhetorical gifts were not enough to keep outraged Armenian-Americans from taking to the streets. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Geithner Problem

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Mar 20, 2009 The treasury secretary may indeed be the hardest-working man in Washington. But in order to survive, let alone succeed, he's going to have to make a more convincing case that he's part of the solution and not part of the problem. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Push Back Against AIG’s ‘Best and Brightest’

Joe Conason / Truthdig Mar 19, 2009 Having long flattered themselves as "masters of the universe," the creative financiers of Wall Street and London are today exposed as grifters rather than geniuses, yet their arrogance remains intact. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )