Staff / TruthdigJun 6, 2014
In yet another incident underscoring the prevalence of gun violence in the U.S., a gunman opened fire at Seattle Pacific University on Thursday, killing a 19-year-old man and wounding at least three others before being tackled by a student and arrested. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigJun 6, 2014
In the wake of sexual assaults in the Global South, American conservatives and liberals alike naively ask the question of what is it about the "cultures" of countries such as Pakistan, India and Afghanistan that generates such misogyny. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigJun 4, 2014
Why don't we just accept the senseless killings that most developed countries don't experience as an inevitable fact of American life and stop trying to fix them? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigMay 31, 2014
Tragically, 25-year-old Farzana Parveen's slaying is one of many cases in which women have been brutalized recently in South Asia, the U.S. and beyond. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 31, 2014
Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists discuss what led to Elliot Rodger's deadly attacks in Santa Barbara, President Obama's announcement that he will reduce the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan from 30,000 troops to 10,000, and NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden's big interview. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 30, 2014
Once something's out on the Web, it's hard to retract, even if it's factually incorrect; old age may not begin when we traditionally thought it did; meanwhile, Richard Martinez, the father of one of the Isla Vista shooting victims, hits the nail on the head when it comes to the politics behind many mass murders. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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