States Making It a Crime to Investigate Agribusiness Abuses

Staff / Truthdig Apr 29, 2011 Several states, including Minnesota, Iowa and Florida, are considering legislation that would make it a felony for activists and journalists to carry out undercover investigations of agribusiness operations (more). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Plaxico Burress Heads to the Slammer

Staff / Truthdig Aug 20, 2009 Not two years ago, NFL wide receiver Plaxico Burress was on top of his game, helping the New York Giants win Super Bowl XLII in a surprise victory over the New England Patriots. On Thursday, he was on his way to jail for two years after pleading guilty in a felony weapons case. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Blagojevich Racks Up 16 Felony Charges

Staff / Truthdig Apr 3, 2009 It's now eminently clear that former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's media blitz to gain sympathy after he was ousted from office in January hasn't helped his case, as he was charged with a whopping 16 felony counts on Thursday. However, Blagojevich wasn't in Chicago to receive the bad news in person -- he was vacationing near Disney World with his family. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ted Stevens Bows Out of Senate

Staff / Truthdig Nov 21, 2008 After 40 years in the U.S. Senate, the Alaska Republican bid his Capitol Hill colleagues goodbye on Thursday and was given a standing ovation as he finished his speech. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

McClellan Testifies, Sells More Books

Staff / Truthdig Jun 20, 2008 The most recent stop in former White House press secretary Scott McClellan's book tour was Capitol Hill, where he testified about his own participation in the Valerie Plame affair and the involvement of both Bush and Cheney in attempting to cover up the treasonous tracks of 2007 felon of the year Scooter Libby. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Public Money Used to Indoctrinate Prisoners

Staff / Truthdig Dec 11, 2006 Tax dollars are going toward an unlawful program of religious indoctrination in prisons, according to Iowa federal Judge Robert W. Pratt, who now finds himself fighting a battle against entrenched forces from evangelical ministries, prison corporations and the Bush administration. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

In the Vanguard of Criminalizing Abortion

Staff / Truthdig Apr 9, 2006 What happens when abortion is a felony offense in any circumstance? Jack Hitt provides chilling answers in his brilliant investigative piece on abortion in El Salvador. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Former Top Bush Aide Accused of Refund Scam

Staff / Truthdig Mar 13, 2006 The president's former top domestic policy aide allegedly tried to swindle Target and Hecht's stores out of more than $5,000. He resigned last month, claiming he wanted to spend more time with his family. (In some parts of the world, that's called a lie.) This is the guy LA Weekly called "a notorious homophobe, a ferocious enemy of abortion and an opponent of safe-sex education." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Texas Roundup

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Dec 6, 2005 No get-out-of-jail-free card for former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay A Texas court upheld a felony indictment for DeLay on charges of money laundering in connection with a 2002 Texas election A separate indictment for criminal conspiracy was dismissed . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )