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Culture-War Ads Coming Your Way

Staff / Truthdig Sep 20, 2008 This latest report from the "Secret Money Project," an ongoing joint project by the Center for Investigative Reporting and National Public Radio, follows the money trail to the sources behind independently funded political advertisements on hot-button issues like abortion and religion that are cropping up as the Nov. 4 election approaches. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama’s Secret Weapon

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Sep 16, 2008 While it’s fashionable for the media and some of his own supporters to be mourning the demise of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, they may well be overlooking an important point—that the vaunted McCain-Palin ticket has peaked. What else but such blind optimism could be motivating the unflagging energy of thousands of Obama grass-roots workers? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Bush’s ‘Stem Cell Victory’

Ellen Goodman / Truthdig Nov 29, 2007 Scientists may have found a way to grow stem cells without using embryos. The president's people are claiming this as a White House victory, causing a flood of gall on Pennsylvania Avenue. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Ellen Goodman: Fox in the Henhouse

Ellen Goodman / Truthdig Jan 18, 2007 President Bush has done it again, appointing a doctor who opposes family planning to run the nation's family planning program. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )