NRA Targets New Orleans

Staff / Truthdig Dec 27, 2007 The National Rifle Association and the Second Amendment Foundation are suing the mayor and police superintendent of New Orleans because, they say, the city unconstitutionally seized some 1,000 guns during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Police say they took only stolen or abandoned weapons. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

CBS Strikes Back at Rather

Staff / Truthdig Nov 16, 2007 The clash of TV titans Dan Rather and CBS execs looked like it might get uglier Thursday after the network filed a motion to dismiss Rather's $70-million lawsuit and CBS officials released a statement claiming they were "mystified" by Rather's "bizarre allegations." Back to you, Dan. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

California Sues the EPA

Staff / Truthdig Nov 9, 2007 California is sick of the federal Environmental Protection Agency's attempts to block two-year-old legislation that would cut auto emissions in the state well beyond federal guidelines, and the state attorney general has filed a lawsuit against the agency, which under the Bush administration has failed utterly in its principal mandate. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Homophobic Church Ordered to Pay $10.9M for Picketing Funeral

Staff / Truthdig Nov 1, 2007 A Maryland court has ordered leaders of Kansas' fundamentalist Westboro Baptist Church to pay almost $11 million in damages to Albert Snyder, the father of Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, who was killed in Iraq. Snyder sued the controversial church after members picketed his son's funeral in March 2006. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Oral Roberts U. Leader Takes Leave in Scandal

Staff / Truthdig Oct 18, 2007 Responding to accusations about extracurricular use of university funds, among other charges, Oral Roberts University President Richard Roberts, the 58-year-old son of school founder and namesake Oral Roberts, has stepped down from his post for the moment. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Consumer Takes iPhone Price-Cut Rage to Court

Staff / Truthdig Oct 2, 2007 All those eager Apple aficionados who waited in line for days to get their grabby hands on the first crop of iPhones for $599 a pop, only to watch in despair as stragglers bought them but two months later for a whopping $200 less, may sympathize with an angry New York woman who clearly will not be placated by Steve Jobs' scrambly attempt at refunding his way back into customers' hearts. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Rather Bites the Hand That Stabbed Him

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Sep 24, 2007 Some might dismiss Dan Rather's $70 million lawsuit against CBS as an attempt to repair his legacy, but it is also a much-needed (and knowledgeable) indictment of the danger of corporate media. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Rather Slaps CBS With $70M Suit

Staff / Truthdig Sep 20, 2007 It's been 15 months since Dan Rather's former host network forced him out of the top spot on the "CBS Evening News," and now he's giving his erstwhile employer a number of strong reasons why he thinks that was no way to treat an anchor -- 70 million reasons, to be precise. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Uncounted Casualties of War

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Aug 2, 2007 U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jeffrey Lucey is not counted among the Iraq war dead. But he did die, when he came home. He committed suicide. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Gonzales Among Defendants in Iraq Vets’ PTSD Suit

Staff / Truthdig Jul 24, 2007 With the problem of post-traumatic stress disorder on the rise among American veterans returning from battle in Iraq and Afghanistan, two veterans' groups have filed a class-action lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales (pictured) and other defendants, citing systemwide failures in dealing with the PTSD crisis on the governmental level. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Daniel Pearl’s Widow Sues Al-Qaida

Staff / Truthdig Jul 18, 2007 Of all the ways to do battle with al-Qaida, pursuing justice through the legal system against a fundamentally outlaw organization may not seem to be the most successful route. But Mariane Pearl, widow of murdered journalist Daniel Pearl, is doing just that by suing the militant group for her husband's 2002 death. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Yahoo Sued for Collaborating With China

Staff / Truthdig Apr 20, 2007 A human rights organization is suing Yahoo for assisting the Chinese government in arresting dissidents by providing information on its users. Like Google and Microsoft, Yahoo has defended the practice of handing over data to China as a necessary evil mitigated by the benefits of the Internet, crippled and corrupt though it may be. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )