Eugene Robinson / TruthdigJul 16, 2016
It may take years to fully appreciate how dramatically this presidency has bent the arc of history toward justice. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigJul 12, 2016
The United States continues to be peculiar in handing out powerful, magazine-fed firearms to almost anyone who wants one and not requiring background checks on private purchases, even those made at gun shows. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 4, 2015
In a lawsuit filed Monday, nurse Nina Pham says that a colleague videotaped her without her permission and then the hospital released the tape to the media. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 17, 2014
As of Thursday, two nurses -- Amber Joy Vinson, 29, and Nina Pham, 26 -- who treated the first Ebola patient in the U.S., Thomas Eric Duncan, at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, had tested positive for the virus, and the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was catching heat on Capitol Hill. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigOct 16, 2014
The biggest union of registered nurses in the country says it has spoken with workers at the hospital in Dallas where a man died of Ebola and two nurses have been infected, and it reports a level of carelessness that boggles the mind. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigOct 8, 2014
While Spain attends to the first case of Ebola transmission outside of Africa since the crisis began, Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, expresses cautious optimism. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigOct 1, 2014
Ebola has officially come to the United States, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is attempting to contain Americans' anxieties along with the spread of the potentially deadly virus. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 19, 2011
After U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas secured a financial favor that led to the preservation of an aging cannery site in the community of his birth in Georgia, legal ethicists are voicing concerns over his friendship with Harlan Crow, a Dallas real estate magnate and contributor to conservative causes. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Eugene Robinson / TruthdigJan 7, 2011
Race still matters in America and justice is not completely blind. Anyone who believes otherwise should examine the case of Cornelius Dupree Jr., who was ruled innocent Tuesday after spending 30 years in prison. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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