Water Departments to Change Lead-Testing Methods After Investigators Find ‘Cheats’ in 33 U.S. Cities

Staff / Truthdig Jun 2, 2016 A Guardian investigation prompted by the toxic water crisis in Flint, Mich., found that administrators in dozens of cities, including Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia and Detroit, cut corners while testing drinking water for dangerous levels of lead. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Live-Blog: Donald Trump Remains Atop Republican Party in 11th GOP Debate

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Mar 4, 2016 The Trump Show continues. Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and John Kasich met in the 11th debate of this year's Republican presidential primary. Trump won again. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

FBI is Now Involved in the Investigation Into the Flint Water Crisis

By Nadia Prupis / Common Dreams Feb 3, 2016 Federal prosecutors are reportedly "working with a multi-agency investigation team on the Flint water contamination matter." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

VIDEO: ‘Days of Revolt’: Chris Hedges, Detroit Activists Describe the Death of the American City

Staff / Truthdig Jan 27, 2016 In this week's episode of teleSUR’s "Days of Revolt," Chris Hedges and two Detroit activists, Darryl "Waistline" Mitchell and Roshaun Harris, trace Detroit's socio-economic apocalypse, which has taken forms specific to that city but also mirrors other communities around the country. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Grace Lee Boggs: A Century of Grass-Roots Organizing

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Oct 8, 2015 She was not only a grass-roots organizer, but a philosopher, a teacher and a revolutionary. She devoted her life to empowering the poor, the working class and communities of color, and was deeply involved with a constellation of movements. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

How Goldman Sachs Helped Create the Greek Debt Crisis

Robert Reich / Truthdig Jul 17, 2015 The investment bank turned a huge profit by helping to hide the real extent of Greece's debt, and in the process almost doubled it. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

1 Shot Dead, 9 Wounded at Detroit Block Party

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 21, 2015 One person was killed and nine were wounded when someone opened fire on a neighborhood block party on a basketball court in Detroit, authorities said. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Continuing Depopulation of Detroit

By Laura Gottesdiener, TomDispatch Apr 20, 2015 The city that was the arsenal of the 20th century may also provide the blueprint for a more precarious era: 100,000 of its residents are on what many call an eviction “conveyor belt.” Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Newburgh, N.Y.: A Once-Grand City That Had Its Heart Torn Out

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 11, 2015 “Once one of the grandest cities in the entire north-east, the story of Newburgh’s decline and the fight to resurrect it is the story of the struggle of many cities in the United States, a story that says much about how the nation views its urban centres, and the problems and challenges that go with them,” writes The Guardian's Michael Deibert. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Two Detroits, Separate and Unequal

By Laura Gottesdiener, TomDispatch Nov 17, 2014 On the brink of a new, post-bankruptcy beginning, Detroit is really two cities. One is comprised of wealthy enclaves linked to a compact, rapidly redeveloping downtown. The other is made up of the rest of the 139-square-mile urban expanse, populated by longtime residents who have fought for decades to survive in an environment that has become increasingly uninhabitable. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

The Bankruptcy of Detroit and the Division of America

Robert Reich / Truthdig Sep 6, 2014 Detroit is a model for how wealthier and whiter Americans escape the costs of public goods they’d otherwise share with poorer and darker Americans. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Stadium Subsidies Financed By Pension Cuts

David Sirota / Truthdig Jul 26, 2014 As states and cities grapple with budget shortfalls, many are betting big on an unproven formula: Slash public employee pension benefits and public services while diverting the savings into lucrative subsidies for professional sports teams. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )