Will the Next ‘Black Panther’ Be a Latino Superhero?

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Mar 24, 2018 Latinos are not well represented in Marvel movies. El Peso Hero wants to change that. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Truthdig’s Top 10 ‘Ear to the Ground’ Posts of 2017

Staff / Truthdig Dec 26, 2017 Many of our top posts were on subjects largely overlooked by major news outlets. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Read All About the Biggest Snowden Reveal

Staff and Larry Gross / Truthdig Sep 17, 2017 Here's a summary of stories following The Intercept's recent effort to publish documents leaked by the National Security Agency whistleblower. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Robert Scheer and Larry Gross Discuss the Rise of the U.S. Gay Community

BLANK Jul 8, 2016 In this week’s “Scheer Intelligence” podcast, Truthdig’s editor in chief speaks with the author and academic about how formerly “invisible,” closeted gay men and women came—over the course of the middle and late 20th century—to form a community that wielded political power. Dig deeper ( 28 Min. Read )

Live at Truthdig: A Conversation on LGBT Activism and Politics in the Wake of Orlando

Staff / Truthdig Jun 17, 2016 On Friday, June 17, at noon PST, Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer and his team sat down with contributor Larry Gross, an expert in LGBT studies. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Best of Larry’s List 2014

Staff / Truthdig Dec 25, 2014 Here are some odds and ends that may have escaped you in the 2014 news cycle, as collected by our very own Larry Gross. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Should the New York Times Apologize for Publishing Only One Side of the Farrow-Allen Controversy?

Staff / Truthdig Feb 11, 2014 A writer at the New Republic believes the newspaper shouldn't have allowed columnist Nicholas Kristof to run such a biased piece on Woody Allen's alleged abuse of his daughter; the University of Virginia has a paranormal activity lab; meanwhile, Israel's relationship with Iran may evolve yet. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Reading ‘Goliath’: Inconvenient Truths

Larry Gross / Truthdig Nov 6, 2013 Doorstop. That’s what publishers call 400-page books like Max Blumenthal’s "Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel." But as I read it the term that came to mind was heart stopper. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Raining on Obama’s Gay Pride Parade

Staff / Truthdig May 15, 2012 Last time on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Scott Tucker disrupts the celebration of Obama's gay marriage announcement; the Green Party candidate; Robert Scheer and Sergei Plekhanov; austerity check; and the class politics of parking tickets.Last time on Truthdig Radio: Scott Tucker disrupts the celebration of Obama's gay marriage announcement; the Green Party candidate; Robert Scheer and Sergei Plekhanov; austerity check; and the class politics of parking tickets. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Raining on Obama’s Gay Pride Parade

Staff / Truthdig May 15, 2012 Last time on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Scott Tucker disrupts the celebration of Obama's gay marriage announcement; the Green Party candidate; Robert Scheer and Sergei Plekhanov; austerity check; and the class politics of parking tickets. Dig deeper

Gay Marriage: From Stonewall to Albany

Larry Gross / Truthdig Jun 27, 2011 New York’s action last week signifies more than just one more state added to the list of those permitting same-sex marriage. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Homo Nest Raided, Queen Bees Stinging Mad

Larry Gross / Truthdig Jun 27, 2011 Among the many landmarks of the turbulent decade of the 1960s, few have achieved the fame and symbolic resonance of events that began as a fairly routine example of police harassment on a hot June night in 1969. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )