Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMay 15, 2014
The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday on new rules that would let Internet providers charge media companies extra fees to receive preferential treatment, such as faster speeds for their products and content. "Democracy Now!" hosts a debate on Net neutrality. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Scott Tucker / TruthdigMay 12, 2014
Corporate rule means the rules apply only to workers, but not to corporate CEOs and the ruling class. Unrestricted corporate power is capitalist totalitarianism. Sure, the Los Angeles News Group can do whatever they damn well please, as long as they do nothing that truly displeases big business and the capitalist parties. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 25, 2014
This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The movement to kill corporate personhood hits the road, Sonia Sotomayor dissents, the state of immigration reform, and Free Press tries to save the Internet from the FCC. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigFeb 23, 2014
In December, the Japanese government rammed through parliament a law that would let the government alone decide what state secrets are and throw civil employees who divulge them in jail for up to 10 years, while journalists could get five years, Ralph Nader writes at CounterPunch. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigFeb 16, 2014
As an Occupy Wall Street activist goes to trial on charges of assaulting a police officer, author and lawyer Chase Madar asks what the rights to freedom of assembly, freedom of the press and freedom from warrantless search are worth in the United States today. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigOct 13, 2013
One wonders if the Obama administration's increasing hostility toward reporters, editors and publishers may frighten members of the traditional press -- who eschew any and all claims to activism -- into becoming the open campaigners for public welfare that their fellow citizens need them to be. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigJul 23, 2013
Things like freedom of the press and freedom of speech, which seemed like a good idea in 1789, now seem really dangerous to us and we’ve started to agree with King George III about the undesirability of those liberties. Our forebears minded the torture and cruel and unusual punishments imposed by the king. But we have gone back to torturing people. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
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