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Truthdigger of the Week: Laura Poitras

BLANK Aug 19, 2013 Documentary filmmaker and government surveillance reporter Laura Poitras is a model for a new generation of investigative journalists bent on protecting their sources while uncovering government wrongdoing.The documentary filmmaker and government surveillance reporter is a model for a new generation of journalists bent on protecting their sources while uncovering government wrongdoing. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Revolutionary Learning: The Zapatistas’ First School

Staff / Truthdig Aug 16, 2013 More than a thousand students have enrolled in the leftist group's la escuelita de libertad to learn about the Mexican rebels' life philosophies; a Canadian teenager protests Monsanto by eloquently refuting a bumbling TV host; meanwhile, same-sex marriage is garnering immense support in Latin America. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

What Snowden Told Us This Week

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 19, 2013 The whistle-blower spoke directly with Guardian readers Monday to answer questions about his leak of NSA documents and government surveillance in general. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The NSA Is Watching You

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Apr 26, 2012 Three targeted Americans: A career government intelligence official, a filmmaker and a hacker. None of these U.S. citizens was charged with a crime, but they have been tracked, surveilled, detained -- sometimes at gunpoint -- and interrogated, with no access to a lawyer. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )