Authorities Probing Immigrant Saudi Sisters’ Mystery Deaths

By MICHAEL R. SISAK / The Associated Press Oct 31, 2018 Police are investigating the deaths of two sisters whose bodies, bound together with tape, washed up on New York City's waterfront. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Why Won’t the Mainstream Media Tell the Truth About ‘Medicare for All’? (Updates)

Jacob Sugarman / Truthdig Aug 17, 2018 A "fact-check" challenging Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s claims about the legislation's cost efficiency is misleading at best and willfully dishonest at worst. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Here’s How ‘Medicare for All’ Would Save Trillions of Dollars

Margaret Flowers / Health Over Profit for Everyone Aug 1, 2018 A Koch brothers-funded study that produced scare headlines about the cost of a single-payer system is flawed in serious ways. What we cannot afford is the system we have now. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

George Mason University Announces New, Unfortunate Name for Law School, Honoring Antonin Scalia

Emma Niles / Truthdig Apr 7, 2016 Even some news anchors couldn’t keep it together when reporting on the new name -- since tweaked -- in honor of the late Supreme Court justice. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Remember How Bernie Sanders Treated a Muslim Woman Who Stood Up at One of His Rallies?

Staff / Truthdig Jan 11, 2016 A few days after Donald Trump looked on and made faces as a Muslim woman was heckled out of one of his campaign rallies, it’s worth recalling how Bernie Sanders responded to a Muslim student who questioned him about racism and Islamophobia in October. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Could Drones Put Out Forest Fires With This Sound Wave Device?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 28, 2015 George Mason University engineering seniors Viet Tran and Seth Robertson have discovered a way to extinguish flames with low-frequency sound. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Google’s True Colors: Libertarian Through and Through

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Apr 15, 2014 Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Middle East Expert: ‘This Is Not Libya’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 31, 2013 With five Tomahawk cruise missile-equipped US Navy destroyers waiting in the Mediterranean Sea for a possible strike on Syria, Jadaliyya ezine co-founder and director of Middle East Studies at George Mason University Bassam Haddad says a U attack on Bashar al-Assad's government could escalate into multinational war. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama: ‘If This Vote Fails, the Insurance Industry Will Continue to Run Amok’

Staff / Truthdig Mar 19, 2010 Barack Obama, speaking Friday at George Mason University, struck a confident pose during his last-leg speech about health care reform The president waxed nostalgic about his days on the campaign trail before declaring that the controversy over health care reform is "not only about the cost of health care it's a debate about the character of our country" President Barack Obama, speaking Friday at George Mason University, struck a confident pose during his last-leg speech about health care reform . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )