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Truthdig Named Finalist for 18 Southern California Journalism Awards

Truthdig staff / Truthdig May 11, 2026 The nominations recognize work published in 2025 across a wide range of subjects and formats, reflecting Truthdig’s continued commitment to independent journalism. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

Washington Post Layoffs

Dave Whamond Feb 5, 2026 Dig deeper

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Farewell To Bill Moyers

Julie Hollar / FAIR Jul 3, 2025 The venerable journalist used his personal brand of independent reporting to show how public TV could serve viewers. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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Truthdig Nominated for 18 Awards by the L.A. Press Club

Truthdig staff / Truthdig May 14, 2025 The nominations, including Best Website, are for work published in 2024. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

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Truthdiggers of the Week: Charlie Hebdo

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 7, 2025 Critical journalists view the slaughter of their colleagues in Paris from a deeply personal perspective. "Does my work threaten my life?" we ask ourselves. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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20 Years After His Death, Gary Webb’s Truth Is Still Dangerous

Belén Fernández / FAIR Dec 30, 2024 Two decades after Webb’s death, the U.S. government hasn’t kicked the habit of wreaking lethal havoc at home and abroad. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

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The Last Days of Mankind

Pankaj Mishra / n+1 Oct 18, 2024 Today, each one of the assumptions that underpinned Western policymaking and journalism for nearly three decades lie shattered. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

Film

A Photographer’s Legacy, Airbrushed

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Sep 27, 2024 A mechanical biopic about World War II journalist Lee Miller could have used more time in the darkroom. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Technology

How Twitter Turned Journalism Into a High School Cafeteria

Freddie deBoer / Truthdig Jan 18, 2024 The premise of Web 2.0 was always toxic, but the peer pressure it exerted on journalists was especially destructive. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Modi’s War on the Media 

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Aug 3, 2023 The urgent Indian documentary “While We Watched” captures journalism under fire. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Book Excerpt

A Century of Repression: The Espionage Act and Freedom of the Press

Ralph Engelman, Carey Shenkman / University of Illinois Press Jan 3, 2023 How the Espionage Act of 1917 is the most important yet least understood law threatening freedom of the press in modern American history. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Pompeo Lashes Out at Journalist; NPR Defends Its Reporter

LYNN BERRY / The Associated Press Jan 25, 2020 The top U.S. diplomat, accused of cussing and demanding Mary Louise Kelly point to Ukraine on unmarked map, unleashes angry, direct attack. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )