Truthdigger of the Week: Jill Lepore

BLANK Jul 7, 2014 By attacking "one of the most widely cited and celebrated ideas in modern business," the Harvard historian confirmed that American capitalists have embraced destruction as a method of progressBy attacking "one of the most widely celebrated ideas in modern business," the historian confirmed that American capitalists have embraced destruction as a method of progress. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

American Socrates

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jun 16, 2014 Noam Chomsky, for more than five decades, has epitomized what it means to be intellectual. He is brilliant, fiercely independent, ruthlessly honest and fearless in naming the crimes of the power elite and their liberal apologists. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

‘The United States of Amnesia’: Gore Vidal in Winter

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Jun 14, 2014 We can’t say Gore Vidal didn’t warn us. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Mindy Kaling Takes Jabs at Harvard Law Students About Their Future: ‘You’ll Defend BP From Birds’

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig May 31, 2014 Mindy Kaling, a comedian who describes herself as someone who is "obsessed" with justice, gave a commencement speech at Harvard Law School on Wednesday that most were probably not expecting. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

NSA Row Sparks Rush for Encrypted Email

Staff / Truthdig May 19, 2014 A new push to encrypt email, keeping messages free from government snooping, is gaining momentum. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Robotic Hand Designed to Feel

Staff / Truthdig Feb 13, 2014 A Dutch man has a prosthetic connected to his nerves, which allows him to feel pressure; Harvard alumni will have exclusive access to some massive open online courses offered by the university; meanwhile, former Vice President Dick Cheney's legacies live on. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges on Christian Heretics

Staff / Truthdig Nov 3, 2013 After his talk on the myth of human progress, the Truthdig columnist discussed the influence of religion on his work and why he views Christian conservatives as heretics.The Truthdig columnist discusses the influence of religion on his work and why he views Christian conservatives as heretics. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Signs of the Apocalypse in Red Square

Staff / Truthdig Jul 24, 2013 The Russian Orthodox Church warns that the legalization of gay marriage spells impending doom; former President Carter proclaims "America does not have a functioning democracy"; meanwhile, Booz Allen Hamilton took over Washington, and nobody noticed until Edward Snowden blew the whistle. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Next Step in Equality: Genderless Bathrooms

Staff / Truthdig Jun 13, 2013 Transgender people face discrimination every time they go to restrooms marked men or women; as the NSA destroys our sense of privacy, perhaps rather than looking to Orwell's "1984," we should brush up on our Kafka; meanwhile, journalist Phyllis Richman responds decades later to a misogynistic letter from a Harvard professor regarding married women pursuing graduate studies. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Not ‘A Shred of Evidence’ to Support Reinhart and Rogoff

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 1, 2013 The Harvard professors who led much of the Western world into austerity with their 2010 paper "Growth in a Time of Debt," debunked in April by a University of Massachusetts grad student, have taken another hit, this time from two economists with the University of Michigan. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Economists Behind Discredited Austerity Study Lash Out at Paul Krugman

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig May 27, 2013 Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff, the Harvard economists whose influential pro-austerity study was recently exposed as being seriously flawed, have penned a scathing open letter to the New York Times columnist, who has been a major critic of their work and one of the leading voices in the anti-austerity movement. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Googleland: Coming Soon to a Country Near You

Staff / Truthdig May 17, 2013 CEO Larry Page wants to found a new nation where the Internet giant would set all the rules; even during consensual sexual acts, extreme pornography may be pushing the limits of morality; meanwhile, what was Harvard thinking when it gave Heritage Foundation former analyst Jason Richwine a Ph.D. for his racist dissertation? These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )