Staff / TruthdigDec 1, 2010
Just in time for Christmas, unemployment benefits, which average $302.90 a week, are starting to run out for about 2 million Americans. Unless Congress acts, more will join their ranks. The Washington Post reports on what it's like to tell your 9-year-old there aren't going to be presents this year. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigNov 27, 2010
After a day of overindulgence in food and drink, many Americans observe the nutty consumerist tradition known as Black Friday around the country. Here's a montage of some of the most frightening stampedes in recent history. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 19, 2010
Americans looking to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day in a way that honored his legacy of activism and service got to work on Monday, whether by focusing on their local communities' needs or going global to help the Haiti earthquake relief effort and other current causes. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 20, 2009
Is yet another Christmas album from a recording artist who just might be phoning it in really necessary? Bob Dylan apparently thought so. He's released his own holiday collection, "Christmas in the Heart," from which this odd little polka number -- and its even stranger accompanying video -- has sprung. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Ellen Goodman / TruthdigJul 2, 2009
As a society, and as individuals, we are woefully unprepared for aging, even when it's our parents. About 34 million Americans provide at least some of the care for frail, aging family members, and yet we don't see it as a normal, predictable part of the life cycle. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 12, 2009
President Barack Obama draws upon the traditions and meanings behind "two very different holidays" -- Passover and Easter -- as his jumping-off point for his weekly address about the state of the country and the world and about his time rubbing elbows with other world leaders during the past week . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 4, 2009
Having been resoundingly honored for his onscreen portrayal of Harvey Milk, Sean Penn is now calling for a high honor for Milk, asking for an official "Harvey Milk Day" in California to commemorate the slain San Francisco politician and gay rights activist. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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