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How Much of Your Data Would You Trade for a Free Cookie?

Staff / Truthdig Oct 1, 2014 In a highly unscientific but delicious experiment last weekend, 380 New Yorkers gave up sensitive personal information -- from fingerprints to partial Social Security numbers -- for a cookie. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Six Days in Ferguson: Voices From the Protests

Staff / Truthdig Aug 16, 2014 Here is a day-by-day chronology of what happened in Ferguson, drawn from the best reporting by journalists and witnesses on the ground. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Why Don’t We Know How Many People Are Shot Each Year in America?

Staff / Truthdig May 14, 2014 How many Americans have been shot over the past 10 years? No one really knows. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The PTSD Crisis That’s Being Ignored: Americans Wounded in Their Own Neighborhoods

Staff / Truthdig Feb 4, 2014 Americans wounded in their own neighborhoods are not getting treatment for PTSD. They’re not even getting diagnosed. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Voter Information Wars: Will the GOP Team Up With Wal-Mart’s Data Specialist?

Staff / Truthdig Apr 10, 2013 Republicans want to use data to make predictions about individual voters, and they may contract with a "data warehousing" company used by Wal-Mart and Apple. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Democrats Call for a Nation of ‘Shared Prosperity’

Staff / Truthdig Sep 10, 2012 Last time on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Bill Clinton said the Democrats stand for "a nation of shared opportunities, shared prosperity and shared responsibilities" Also on the show: voter disenfranchisement and a report from the Syrian bordercom/avbooth/category/truthdig_radio/" title="Truthdig Radio">Truthdig Radio: Bill Clinton said the Democrats stand for "a nation of shared opportunities, shared prosperity and shared responsibilities. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Democrats Call for a Nation of ‘Shared Prosperity’

Staff / Truthdig Sep 10, 2012 Last time on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Bill Clinton said the Democrats stand for "a nation of shared opportunities, shared prosperity and shared responsibilities." Also on the show: voter disenfranchisement and a report from the Syrian border. Dig deeper