Fact-Checking the ACORN Flap

Staff / Truthdig Oct 19, 2008 Not a moment too soon, here's FactCheck.org's assessment of the recent hullabaloo over ACORN, the beleaguered community organization that has been yanked into the epicenter of the election battle since Team McCain seized upon it as a Campaign Talking Point™. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

AMA Apologizes for Once Excluding Blacks

Staff / Truthdig Jul 11, 2008 The American Medical Association has finally apologized for once excluding black doctors from membership. The discriminatory policies ended in the 1960s, but it has taken almost 50 years for the group to formally apologize for its institutional racism. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

More Dirt on the GOP’s ‘Voter Fraud’ Campaign

Staff / Truthdig Jul 2, 2007 Ousted U.S. Attorney David Iglesias says he believes he was fired, in part, for failing to meet the obsessive demands of a nonprofit organization with ties to the Republican Party that allegedly sought to limit the voting rights of minorities. Is there a more heinous political practice than the disenfranchisement of minority voters after so long a struggle? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Podcast: California Pioneer on the Healthcare Crisis

Staff / Truthdig Mar 13, 2007 Sheila Kuehl, former child star, Harvard legal scholar and California's first openly gay legislator joins Truthdig's James Harris and Josh Scheer for a discussion on the urgent need for public healthcare, the myths about Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan and the details of her own proposal. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Democrats’ Senate Majority Endangered

Staff / Truthdig Dec 14, 2006 Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) appears to have suffered a stroke and remains under evaluation at George Washington University Hospital. Should Johnson have to resign because of illness, the governor of South Dakota, a Republican, could appoint a replacement from his own party, taking away the Democrats' majority in the Senate and giving Vice President Dick Cheney the tie-breaking vote. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Colbert on Ralph Reed’s Golden Rule: ‘Screw Unto Others’

Staff / Truthdig Jul 25, 2006 The "Colbert Report" host rips Ralph Reed, who recently lost the Georgia Lt. Gov. race. When a wave of mock sympathy ran through the audience over Reed's demise, Colbert said, "Send [Reed] your strength. He's like Tinkerbell." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Census: Hispanic Baby Boom Driving Population

Staff / Truthdig May 10, 2006 Hispanics account for 49 percent of the country's growth from 2004 to 2005, and 70 percent of the growth in children younger than 5, according to a new census report. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )