Alabama Woman Charged in Fetal Death as Shooter Goes Free

BLAKE PATERSON / The Associated Press Jun 27, 2019 Women rights activists cry foul after a grand jury determines that Marshae Jones, 28, failed to keep her unborn child out of harm's way. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A Force More Powerful in Jefferson County, Colo.

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Oct 23, 2014 "Don't make history a mystery" read one of the signs at a rally in Jefferson County, Colo. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

A Force More Powerful in Jefferson County, Colo.

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Oct 2, 2014 "Don't make history a mystery" read one of the signs at a rally in Jefferson County, Colo. High-school students in this suburban district, referred to locally as "JeffCo," have been walking out of class en masse this past week, protesting the planned censorship of the district's Advanced Placement (AP) United States history curriculum by the local school board. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

How Big Banks Victimize Our Democracy

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 26, 2012 Yves Smith, creator and editor of the finance blog Naked Capitalism, and Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone spoke with Bill Moyers about the continuing fallout of the economic crisis and the corruption, ignorance and collusion that guarantee the situation will not improve for most Americans. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Scandal Leaves Alabama Poor High and Dry

Staff / Truthdig Dec 15, 2011 Residents of Jefferson County in Alabama are victims of a scandal involving banks and county officials that has rocketed sewage costs and forced the poorest among them to purchase outdoor toilets in the absence of running water. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Alabama County Goes Really, Really Bankrupt

Staff / Truthdig Nov 10, 2011 Hey, anyone want to bail Alabama out? More specifically, Jefferson County in the Heart of Dixie, which includes the fair city of Birmingham and is also a gobsmacking $3 billion in the hole from a botched sewer deal. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )