Immigrant ‘Warriors for Justice’ Return to Their Roots

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Nov 20, 2017 Latino grass-roots organizers in Los Angeles are resisting the Trump administration's assaults in ways that would make their forebears proud. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Truthdig Wins Los Angeles Press Club Awards for Commentary, Reporting and an Editorial Cartoon

Staff / Truthdig Jun 27, 2017 The work of Sonali Kolhatkar, Amelia Pang and cartoonist Dwayne Booth (aka Mr. Fish) is honored with first-place prizes at the 59th annual Southern California Journalism Awards. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Almighty

By Gabriel Thompson Sep 30, 2016 In 2012, a house painter, a Vietnam vet, and an 82-year-old nun broke into one of the most secure nuclear weapons facilities in the world with two bolt cutters and three hammers. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

This Is an Uprising

By Gabriel Thompson Apr 15, 2016 A few lessons about nonviolence "as a method of political conflict": Nonviolent movements are twice as likely to succeed as violent insurgencies; success is practically guaranteed if 3.5 percent of the population actively takes part; and effective nonviolent protest is always disruptive and polarizing. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

First Bite: How We Learn to Eat

By Gabriel Thompson Nov 27, 2015 Why do we like to eat what we eat? This book explores food and the malleability of taste, memory, family and marketing, asking us to pause and re-examine what we think we know. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Barbarian Days

By Gabriel Thompson Jul 24, 2015 William Finnegan's memoir about surfing has more depth than many about other addictions. Nothing, not even his cliched dream of chasing waves, is as uncomplicated as it appears. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

How to Clone a Mammoth

By Gabriel Thompson May 15, 2015 If we could bring back extinct species, should we? This is one of the questions explored by Beth Shapiro, an evolutionary biologist who takes the fantastic to a higher level with her new book, "How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction." Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Chain

By Gabriel Thompson Nov 28, 2014 A new expose of Big Pig reveals that for all the hoopla about artisanal bacon and grass fed beef, Spam and its industrial meat cousins are still what's for dinner. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

My Age of Anxiety

By Gabriel Thompson Aug 1, 2014 Understanding a fundamental aspect of anxiety -- the fear of being revealed -- highlights the bravery of Scott Stossel’s book, which explores the author's lifelong struggle as "a twitchy bundle of phobias, fears, and neuroses."Understanding the fear of being revealed highlights the bravery of Scott Stossel’s book, which explores the author's lifelong struggle as "a twitchy bundle of phobias, fears, and neuroses." Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Beyond the Shock Machine

By Gabriel Thompson Sep 13, 2013 Some 50 years after the infamous Milgram experiments, Australian psychologist Gina Perry writes, "The standard account suggests that ordinary people can be manipulated into behaving in ways that contradict their morals and values -- that you or I could be talked into torturing a man But could we?"Can "you or I be talked into torturing a man"? author Gina Perry wonders . Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )