Trump Wants Small Farmers to Clear Out for the Big Guys

Jim Hightower / OtherWords Nov 5, 2019 As corporations essentially steal dairy products and farms, the Trump administration says it's natural for the big to devour the small. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Dustin Lance Black on the Orlando Massacre: ‘It Is Time to Disarm Hate’

Staff / Truthdig Jun 22, 2016 The "Milk" screenwriter offered his reasons to pause and consider the ongoing stories behind the LGBT nightclub tragedy. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Choosing Life

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Apr 20, 2015 As long as we exploit animals and kill them for food, we will exploit and kill each other. The willful numbness of our life as carnivores feeds our lack of empathy for the poor, our lust for war and ecocide. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Science Says It May Finally Be Time to Kick Your Milk Habit

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Nov 18, 2014 The claim that milk “does the body good” may have more to do with politics than science. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Got Almond Milk? This Is Why a Mother Jones Correspondent Thinks You’re an ‘Ignorant Hipster’

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jul 22, 2014 Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Dustin Lance Black Speaks: Pasadena City College Officials Created ‘Toxic and Dishonest’ Atmosphere

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Apr 30, 2014 The president and board of trustees at Pasadena City College thrust their school into the spotlight for all the wrong reasons recently with a political and public relations debacle involving PCC alumnus and Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

‘American Milk Will Make You Sick’

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Mar 12, 2014 There's a reason why so many Americans have become lactose intolerant and the proof may be in the milky pudding. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A Few ‘Unhealthy’ Foods That Are Actually Good for You

Staff / Truthdig Feb 25, 2014 It seems like every time experts claim something is detrimental to your well-being, they have to retract themselves the following day. Here are a few things you'll be delighted to reincorporate into your diet. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sean Penn Charged in Scuffle With Photographer

Staff / Truthdig Feb 20, 2010 Sean Penn isn't known for being a shrinking violet, and he's drawn criticism and applause for taking public political stances on a wide range of topics. However, when Penn registered his displeasure with a photographer in L.A.'s tony Brentwood neighborhood last October, the actor allegedly took things to a physical level -- and now he's facing charges that may land him in jail. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gay Athlete Says ‘Milk’ Saved His Life

Staff / Truthdig Feb 17, 2010 How did Andrew McIntosh go from having thoughts like "How will people remember me after I take this bottle of pills so I can just die and no one will ever know I'm gay?" to being a cheerful, out-of-the-closet lacrosse captain? Things started to turn around for the college athlete, he says, after he saw the movie "Milk." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Schwarzenegger Gives Harvey Milk His Day

Staff / Truthdig Oct 12, 2009 California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has changed his tune about Harvey Milk Day, signing a bill on Monday to make May 22, Milk's birthday, a day of official commemoration for the slain San Francisco supervisor and gay rights activist. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

What’s With the Pinkface, Fellas?

Staff / Truthdig Jul 14, 2009 Vanity Fair's Brett Berk has detected a mini-pattern playing out in the film world, starring (but certainly not limited to) "Brüno," Sacha Baron Cohen's latest attempt at biting social satire. It's "Pinkface" -- or the cinematic phenomenon in which straight guys play gay by way of trying to "lay claim to homosexuality as a 'topic'" with less-than-stellar results, judging by Berk's sum-up of the situation. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )