BLANKMar 8, 2014
In exposing the identity of a man persuasively argued to have invented the virtual currency, Newsweek's deciders also reported that he likely has $400 million stashed away somewhere. Then they told everyone how to find him. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigFeb 20, 2014
Lest we forget that religion can provide a powerful cover for those looking to abuse the trust of believers, The New Jersey Star-Ledger reports that a local archdiocese built a lavish addition to an archbishop's retirement home two years after closing a school for alleged lack of funds. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigFeb 4, 2014
Not to beat up on the Denver Broncos after Sunday's rout in New York, but one of the team's heroes and top executives really needs to check himself. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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BLANKNov 20, 2013
Trey Radel, one of the House of Representatives’ Republican votes for new rules that would require drug tests for welfare recipients, was sentenced Wednesday morning to probation on a cocaine-possession charge. The question is, will that bust humanize his outlook on drugs and the poor? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJun 19, 2013
A look at the day's political happenings, including Sen. John McCain's hypocrisy on "secret emails" and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's revelation about the scary way a GOP-controlled Senate would act. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigMay 15, 2013
A look at the day's political happenings, including Stephen Colbert celebrates the IRS scandal and a Florida mayoral candidate touts an endorsement from Jesus. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigMay 8, 2013
"I want to publicly acknowledge God's role in all of this," declared a victorious Mark Sanford as he celebrated an unlikely political rebirth Tuesday night with a sermon praising the supreme being and the many "angels" who helped the once-disgraced former governor along the way. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigMay 6, 2013
In his latest column for The New York Times, the Nobel Prize-winning economists notes that before President Obama took office in 2009, seven of the 10 previous presidents left the Oval Office with debt ratios lower than when they entered it. The three who did not: Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigMay 2, 2013
In this hysterical video, the Hustler publisher endorses Republican "sex pioneer" Mark Sanford, because "no one has done more to expose the sexual hypocrisy of traditional values in America today." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigApr 27, 2013
The stern rejection of the Army whistle-blower as a grand marshal of the San Francisco Pride Parade combined with the event's uncritical embrace of sponsorship by law-breaking corporations reveals how liberal causes can be corrupted by business-backed authoritarianism, writes Glenn Greenwald. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJan 25, 2013
A Catholic health provider has abandoned its beliefs by arguing that a dead fetus and a dead person are not the same thing in order to win a malpractice lawsuit. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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