By Meleiza Figueroa and Alan MinskyApr 27, 2015
Police don’t always to have to shoot to kill black people "Tales of the Grim Sleeper," which debuts Monday on HBO, shows how the devaluing of black women’s lives allowed a serial killer to roam free for 25 years Police don’t always to have to shoot to kill black people. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
Roisin Davis / TruthdigApr 10, 2015
In a now-viral quip, the comedian compares former One Direction singer Zayn Malik to convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigApr 6, 2015
John Oliver recently discovered, much to his dismay, that many Americans still don't know who Edward Snowden is or what he did. So the "Last Week Tonight" host did what any good political comedian would: He took a trip to Moscow to talk to the whistleblower. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Roisin Davis / TruthdigMar 31, 2015
The organization has hit back furiously at filmmaker Alex Gibney’s exposé “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief,” which aired Sunday night on HBO. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigOct 10, 2014
The recent television kerfuffle involving "Real Time" host Bill Maher and guest Sam Harris over whether Muslims are bad people because their religion is, in the words of Harris, "the mother lode of bad ideas," is symbolic of the new American Islamophobia. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigOct 7, 2014
Bravo to Ben Affleck and Nicholas Kristof for telling Bill Maher off about his chronic case of Muslim-hating bigotry. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigOct 4, 2014
Just days after religious scholar Reza Aslan criticized him on CNN for his views on Islam, comedian Bill Maher decided to defend them, this time with actor Ben Affleck. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 21, 2014
Clocking in at nearly 18 minutes, Oliver's recent segment on the broken prison system could be one of his most inspired rants yet. This time, the "Last Week Tonight" host even got the help of America's favorite Muppets to drive home his incredibly important point. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 17, 2014
It's merger mania, with AT&T going after DirecTV and Comcast looking to gobble up Time Warner Cable -- not to be confused with Time Warner Inc., another cable company that is now the object of Rupert Murdoch's appetite. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 14, 2014
"Just because politicians can't talk about income inequality," the "Last Week Tonight" host starts on one of his characteristic rants, "doesn't mean we shouldn't." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigMar 18, 2014
HBO is known for premium content, and its all-gay show "Looking" was successful enough that it has been renewed for a second season. I'm still not sure what, if anything, happened in the first one. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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