Opinion: Don’t Cry About Super Tuesday—Bernie Sanders Is Winning the Future

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 2, 2016 At least one pundit on the left had the decency, fortitude and intellectual honesty not to smother the dreams of millions of Americans—many of them young and/or struggling under a mountain of debt—by declaring Hillary Clinton the inevitable winner of the Democratic nomination after her victories on Super Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

GOP Mega-Donor Sheldon Adelson Is Nevada Newspaper’s Secret Buyer, Magazine Reports

Staff / Truthdig Dec 17, 2015 The casino mogul and conservative bankroller is the formerly anonymous purchaser of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Fortune magazine reports. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Supreme Court on Affirmative Action: 5 Possible Outcomes

Bill Blum / Truthdig Dec 11, 2015 If onetime University of Texas aspirant Abigail Fisher prevails on all of her claims, the last tepid vestiges of race-conscious affirmative action will end at public colleges and universities throughout the land. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Why Counting Mass Shootings Is a Bad Way to Understand Gun Violence in America

Staff / Truthdig Dec 9, 2015 It glosses over the broader reality of who is most at risk of being murdered with guns. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Can You Guess How Many Gallons of Water It Took to Grow the Avocado in Your Guacamole?

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Oct 1, 2014 So we know that avocados should have gone extinct millions of years ago, but how about how much water it takes to grow a single of these creamy green fruits? Dig deeper ( 1 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 )

Check Out These Sex Laws Proposed to Reveal the Inherent Misogyny in the Legal System

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig May 8, 2014 Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

FBI to American Muslim: ‘You Might Get Hit by a Car’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 2, 2014 Naji Mansour's life was turned upside down when he refused to become an informant for the FBI. After being detained, repeatedly interrogated and ultimately forced into exile and separated from his children for years, he began recording his telephone conversations with bureau agents. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Dr. Kathryn Edin (Video)

BLANK Mar 31, 2014 Over decades of studying the lives of America's poor, the Johns Hopkins sociologist has combined analytic rigor and compassion for others to defy popular prejudice and discover the hidden causes of mass behavior.Over decades of studying the lives of America's poor, the Johns Hopkins sociologist has combined analytic rigor and compassion for others to discover the hidden causes of mass behavior. Dig deeper ( 4 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 )

What If Your Income Grew as Fast as the Top 1 Percent?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 3, 2014 The editors at Mother Jones reveal how much money you would be earning annually today if the super-rich hadn't rigged the system. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Minutes From a Koch Meeting

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 6, 2014 At their last fundraising conference, hell-raising right-wing billionaires David and Charles Koch left behind a confidential document detailing one-on-one conversations with donors and their operatives, offering a rare look into their savage political machine. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )