Chips Ahoy Maker Wants to Spy on You

Staff / Truthdig Oct 21, 2013 The company that owns Ritz, Nabisco and other snack brands wants to install grocery shelves that track the age and gender of passers-by; the NSA accesses Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto's email; meanwhile, the stenographer who went on a Freemason-themed rant in Congress says God made her do it. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Teachers Confront Cops in Mexico City

Staff / Truthdig Sep 14, 2013 In preparation for President Enrique Pena Nieto’s first Independence Day celebration this weekend, police emptied the Mexican capital’s main square of protesters Friday by using tear gas and water cannons. The Zócalo had been filled with teachers on strike demonstrating against the new administration’s education reform. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

NSA Spied on Latin American Presidents

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 2, 2013 The National Security Agency spied on the communications of presidents of Mexico and Brazil, according to a report produced by a Brazilian news program and co-authored by Glenn Greenwald, the Guardian journalist who broke news of President Obama's spying program at the beginning of the summer. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Mexico Made Drug Crisis Worse, New Government Says

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 19, 2012 One legacy of former Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s drug war is the splitting up of the country’s drug cartels into 60 to 80 new trafficking gangs, Mexican Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam says. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mexico to Create New Police Force

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 19, 2012 “Mexicans want peace,” said new Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto as he announced the establishment of a national police force for combating crime, violence and drug gangs. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Postgrad Elites Control Political Debates

Staff / Truthdig Jul 4, 2012 Trying to sort out the status of Obamacare can be tricky thanks to our dysfunctional leadership class; Republican state Sen. Marty Golden wants to teach Brooklyn's women "the art of feminine presence"; meanwhile, a group of Mormons quits the church in a mass ceremony in Utah. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Mexico’s Yo Soy 132 Sings Its Own Songs

By Josh Kun Jun 30, 2012 With a boost from Twitter, music may re-emerge as a tool for raising political consciousness among the nation's young.Music has added an important voice of opposition leading up to Sunday's presidential election. But will its influence last? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Drug War Hobbles Mexican Economy

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 23, 2012 In addition to having produced 60,000 dead, 20,000 disappeared, hundreds of thousands displaced, wounded or on the run, and tens of thousands widowed or orphaned, Mexico’s drug war -- which seems to be off the radars of that country’s presidential candidates -- is a chain wrapped around the nation's considerable industrial potential. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )