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An Artist Moves On

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Aug 8, 2025 A quiet South Korean domestic drama turns the lens on its director’s scandals in an effort to close the book on them. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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 )