Trump Officials: UNC-Duke Program Too Positive on Islam

COLLIN BINKLEY / The Associated Press Sep 19, 2019 The administration threatens to cut grant funding for a Middle East studies program. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Thom Hartmann: The GOP Is Hellbent on Locking Up Women

Thom Hartmann / Independent Media Institute May 17, 2019 A draconian new abortion bill in Alabama suggests that Republicans have embraced a "Christian" version of fundamentalist Islamic law. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

3 New Studies That Will Make You Rethink Systemic Racism

Lee Camp / Truthdig Apr 10, 2019 It affects our schools, our water, even the air we breathe. And like climate change, it demands an urgent, comprehensive response. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Duke’s Coach Krzyzewski, Donald Trump and the Meanness in All of Us

Mark Heisler / Truthdig Mar 30, 2016 What the unfortunate comments—and lies—of the college team's basketball coach can teach us about American culture and politics. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Martin Luther King and the Two 9/11s

By Ariel Dorfman, TomDispatch Aug 29, 2013 So much has changed since that hot day in August 1963 when Martin Luther King delivered his famous words from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. So much -- and yet so little. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

New Bill Would Put Taxpayer-Funded Science Behind Pay Walls

By Lena Groeger, ProPublica Jan 12, 2012 Right now, if you want to read the published results of the biomedical research that your own tax dollars paid for, all you have to do is visit the digital archive of the National Institutes of Health. But a new bill in Congress wants to change that. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

A Sweatshop Game Changer

Staff / Truthdig Oct 23, 2011 In sweatshops around the globe, long hours, poor wages, meager-to-no benefits and miserable conditions have long been the norm. But one apparel company seems intent upon changing all that. Alta Gracia may show that humane clothing production is not only possible, but also profitable. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Robert Gates Wants You … and Your Children

Staff / Truthdig Sep 30, 2010 The defense secretary warned Duke University, and anyone else who would listen, about a growing divide between the public and the military that has created a minority class of professional military workers and a detached, if vaguely supportive, civilian population. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

These Devils Wear Privilege

David Sirota / Truthdig Apr 2, 2010 A country founded on anti-royalism and defined by anti-aristocrat political rhetoric will naturally profess disgust for, say, Ivy League presidential candidates and Duke basketball. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Kennedy Goes Under the Knife

Staff / Truthdig Jun 2, 2008 Ted Kennedy was to undergo brain surgery Monday morning as part of an aggressive course of treatment for his recently diagnosed cancer. According to the Boston Globe, the senator met with a panel of experts that included representatives of the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute, as well as his own doctors. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

When Justice Is Skin-Deep

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Apr 26, 2007 The falsely accused Duke lacrosse players deserve their indignation, but so does Jerry Miller, who spent 24 years in jail for a rape he did not commit. It turns out there are many innocent men -- too many of them African-American -- who have done time they shouldn't have, and there are probably many, many more. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Power Exec Struggles With Industry

Staff / Truthdig Oct 23, 2006 James Rogers may head the power industry's main trade association, but he disagrees with the group's opposition to emissions caps. The forward-thinking CEO wants energy providers and the Bush administration to accept the reality of global warming and embrace the future: "The science says we need to act." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )