Young, Successful, Well Paid: Are They Killing Feminism?

Staff / Truthdig Mar 29, 2006 Today's crop of ambitious businesswomen will earn just as much as their male counterparts but will also kill female solidarity in the process, concludes a controversial UK academic report. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Harvard Backs Away From ‘Israel Lobby’ Study

Staff / Truthdig Mar 27, 2006 The university has removed its backing from a controversial report (co-authored by a Harvard dean) critical of America's pro-Israel lobby. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Spineless in South Dakota

Staff / Truthdig Mar 10, 2006 The state's top newspaper refuses to run any editorial on abortion--despite the recent statewide abortion ban that may go to the Supreme Court. "Rather than change anyone's mind, we would create another controversy," says an editor. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The ‘Slave Side’ of NFL Sundays

James Harris / Truthdig Mar 10, 2006 In his new book, "The Slave Side of Sunday," former NFL player Anthony Prior writes about the legacy of racism in professional sports "We are not looked at as leaders, rather, just a labor force where the money is generated Plantation capitalism is still alive today," he tells Truthdig contributor James Harris (Audio and text interview with the author) . Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Oscars Postmortem

Sheerly Avni / Truthdig Mar 6, 2006 And the award for "Best Proof That Hollywood Is Out of Touch": No one made a single reference to the troops fighting and dying in Iraq. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Katrina Video Refuels Debate Over Bush’s Response

Staff / Truthdig Mar 3, 2006 The video that made a liar out of Bush on Katrina has reignited the controversy over his administration's incompetent response to the hurricane. Democrats are calling for an independent probe into the catastrophe, and the video has even taken enough of the heat off ex-FEMA Director Michael "Heckuva Job" Brown so that he's now calling for the firing of Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Total Information Awareness’ Lives On

Staff / Truthdig Feb 27, 2006 Remember that Orwellian-sounding data-mining program that was supposed to have been shut down two years ago? Turns out it's alive and functioning--just under a different name. The National Journal has the blockbuster scoop. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Thousands Riot in Pakistan Over Cartoons

Staff / Truthdig Feb 15, 2006 At least two people died in the rampage. Also, the Iraqi city of Basra demands the withdrawal of Denmark's military contingent from southern Iraq until an apology for the cartoons is proffered. Will this madness ever end? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Media and the Cartoons: Who Published? Who Didn’t?

Blair Golson / Truthdig Feb 11, 2006 The decision over whether to republish controversial images of Muhammad has caused intense debates in the editorial board rooms of news organizations across the country. Truthdig offers its readers a primer. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Andrew Sullivan on the Cartoon Furor

Staff / Truthdig Feb 8, 2006 Sullivan, whose NY Times Magazine essay on the connection between Islam and 9/11 was perhaps the best ever mainstream treatment on the subject, now takes on the Islamic cartoon controversy | essayAlso, a German journalist talks about his mixed feelings about running the cartoons in his paperwashingtonpostcom/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/06/AR2006020601258html?referrer=emailarticle" title="Op-ed">Op-Ed . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

N.Y. Press Kills Cartoons; Staff Walks Out

Staff / Truthdig Feb 8, 2006 The entire editorial staff of The New York Press, an alternative weekly, quits in the wake of the paper's decision not to run the controversial Muhammad cartoons. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Official Iranian Paper to Run Holocaust Cartoons

Staff / Truthdig Feb 7, 2006 The Tehran city council-owned newspaper says it is testing the West's arguments about freedom of expression. | storyMeanwhile, Four Afghans are killed in cartoon-related protests near the U.S. base in Bagram--the first time violence has been directed against America in the controversy. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )