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Saudi Account of Khashoggi Killing Is Widely Denounced

CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA, ZEYNEP BILGINSOY and SARAH EL DEEB / The Associated Press Oct 20, 2018 The kingdom's story that the journalist died during a fistfight at the consulate in Istanbul is met with worldwide skepticism and condemnation, except by President Trump. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Landscape of Wall Street’s Creative Destruction

By Laura Gottesdiener, TomDispatch Aug 2, 2013 It’s May 2012 and we’re in Woodlawn, a largely African American neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago. The goal of the HIT Squad, short for Housing Identification and Target, is to map blighted, bank-owned homes with overdue property taxes and neighbors angry enough about the destruction of their neighborhood to consider supporting a plan to repossess on the repossessors. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

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Truthdigger of the Week: Malala Yousafzai

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 6, 2013 The Taliban tried to kill 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai because people listened when she said they didn’t have to bow to the intimidation of violent, ideological extremists. The Taliban tried to kill 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai because people listened when she said they didn’t have to bow to the intimidation of violent, ideological extremists. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

CIA Program Too Good to Be True?

Staff / Truthdig Jul 14, 2009 What is so controversial about killing al-Qaida bigwigs and avoiding civilian casualties that the CIA would have to conceal such things from Congress? The usual anonymous officials have emerged to explain the secret CIA program Dick Cheney and the agency are supposed to have hidden, and something smells awfully fishy. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )