When Obama Trashed the Huffington Post, Was He Talking About This Column?

Staff / Truthdig Aug 1, 2013 When President Obama told Democratic lawmakers not to believe everything they read in The Huffington Post, he might have been referring to this column by Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer Or this one. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Defends Summers, Franken Plans NSA Transparency Bill, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Aug 1, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including Anthony Weiner's wife is reportedly taking a break from her job as Hillary Clinton's top aide and North Carolina's governor makes an insulting offer to protesters demonstrating against the state's recently signed-into-law abortion bill. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Write a Blog, Risk Going to Jail

Staff / Truthdig Apr 8, 2013 Daniel McGowan, an Earth Liberation Front activist, was imprisoned last week for writing a HuffPo post; Fox News claims that Rutgers University firing its abusive basketball coach is evidence of cultural decline; and no, Bitcoin is apparently not the future of currency. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Mapping the Dead: Gun Fatalities Since Sandy Hook

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 23, 2013 A chilling infographic by The Huffington Post shows 2,243 Americans have been killed with guns in the 98 days that had passed as of Friday since the massacre in Newtown, Conn. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Why Is There No Good Data on the Use of Police Force?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 12, 2012 There is no national record on the use of police force against American citizens nationwide, even though private police groups and the FBI keep a close watch on the number of cops killed and assaulted on the job, reports Radley Balko at The Huffington Post. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

What Huffington Post’s Pulitzer Says About Online Journalism

Staff / Truthdig Apr 17, 2012 Stop panicking. Newspapers may come and go, but rich, time-consuming journalism is not dead. In fact, David Wood spent eight months working on the 10-part series that won him and the Huffington Post the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting. Not exactly the celebrity blogs and Internet rehashing that once brought HuffPo scorn. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Right-Wing Media Critic Andrew Breitbart Dies

Staff / Truthdig Mar 1, 2012 Over the course of his career as a conservative commentator, blogger and vigilant crusader against liberal bias, as he saw it, in the mainstream American media and in Hollywood, Andrew Breitbart pulled off a few high-profile alliances and at least one major takedown.Conservative commentator, blogger and anti-liberal crusader Andrew Breitbart is dead at the age of 43. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Naomi Wolf

Staff / Truthdig Oct 21, 2011 Author and feminist Naomi Wolf, whose dedication to helping protesters understand and exercise their rights got her arrested outside a private, black-tie event, is our Truthdigger of the Week.Author and feminist Naomi Wolf, whose dedication to helping protesters understand and exercise their rights, got her arrested is our Truthdigger of the Week. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Naomi Wolf Arrested in New York

Staff / Truthdig Oct 19, 2011 Truthdig contributor Madison Shockley reports that the author and political consultant was arrested after leaving a Huffington Post event in lower Manhattan honoring New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: Jobs, the Republican Party and the Legacy of 9/11

Staff / Truthdig Sep 10, 2011 This week on "Left, Right & Center," Tony Blankley, Matt Miller and Robert Scheer discuss President Obama's jobs speech, Rick Perry's performance at the GOP debate and the state of things 10 years after the Sept. 11 attacks. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Return of the Zapatistas

Staff / Truthdig Jun 14, 2011 The Zapatistas in Mexico mobilize against the drug war; the AOL-HuffPo merger is starting to lose its charm; and Google's Internet monopoly is threatened by Facebook. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Truthdig Wins 2011 Webby for Best Political Blog

Staff / Truthdig May 4, 2011 Once again, Truthdig has won the Webby Award, the juried version, in the "Blog -- Political" category for the second year in a row The competition consisted of four widely read sites on top of their game: "Close Read" on The New Yorker, Comedy Central's Indecision (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )