Video Roundup: Ahmadinejad at Columbia University

Staff / Truthdig Sep 27, 2007 The Largest Minority has put together a collection of video clips from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's speech at Columbia University on Monday, complete with Columbia President Lee Bollinger's controversial introductory remarks. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ahmadenijad’s N.Y. Visit Triggers Protests, Upsets

Staff / Truthdig Sep 24, 2007 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadenijad was branded a "madman" on the front page of the New York Daily News on Monday, the day he was set to speak at Columbia University amid widespread protests and not so subtle references to Adolf Hitler, whom Columbia's Public Affairs Acting Dean John Coatsworth said would also have been allowed to speak on campus, at least in his pre-Holocaust era. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Guns ‘n’ Roses for Giuliani

Staff / Truthdig Sep 22, 2007 Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani was busy sweet-talking a group of National Rifle Association members in Washington, D.C., on Friday when he received a call from a very special lady. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ahmadinejad Denied 9/11 Tribute

Staff / Truthdig Sep 20, 2007 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had hoped to lay a wreath at ground zero during his upcoming visit to New York "in order to pay tribute to the victims of the terrorists attack of Sept. 11, 2001," but local authorities and America's U.N. ambassador have both said no way to the request. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Royal Shakespeare Company’s ‘Seagull’ Soars

Eunice Wong / Truthdig Sep 19, 2007 The Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull" seems, at first, to be merely a skillful and familiar rendition of a masterpiece. But like many great works of art, the power of this production is cumulative. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Services Mark Sixth Anniversary of 9/11

Staff / Truthdig Sep 12, 2007 Mourners, visitors and public figures converged in New York, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania to observe the anniversary of Sept. 11 at or near the sites where the terrorist attacks took place six years ago. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ignoring the Other Victims of 9/11

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Sep 11, 2007 When the National Guard helicoptered her husband, Mark, to Staten Island to work as a wireless technician setting up a communications network for thousands of emergency workers who were descending upon Lower Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2001, Jeanmarie DeBiase did not know this would begin the unraveling. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Only the Little People Pay Taxes

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Aug 23, 2007 The Democratic candidates have paid much attention to the president's horrendous foreign policy, but what of his tax cuts, which have crippled the treasury for the sake of the yachting class? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Sex Ed for Seniors

Staff / Truthdig Jul 26, 2007 Although many assume the elderly lead largely abstinent lives, AIDS is on the rise among seniors as HIV-positive Americans are living longer than ever. With one study suggesting the majority of HIV patients in New York will be over 50 within a decade, AIDS workers are beginning to pay more attention to the senior set. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

FBI Foils JFK Bomb Plot

Staff / Truthdig Jun 3, 2007 Four men, including a former cabinet minister from Guyana, have been arrested for plotting to bomb the jet fuel pipeline at New York's John F. Kennedy airport. They never got beyond the planning and research stage, but the FBI was able to gather fairly incriminating evidence. Once again, investigation and police work have managed to thwart terrorism where stealth bombers and tanks have failed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

New York Theater Review: ‘The Year of Magical Thinking’

Eunice Wong / Truthdig May 30, 2007 In her first Truthdig theater review, actor and writer Eunice Wong takes in director David Hare's stage production of "The Year of Magical Thinking," Joan Didion's haunting memoir about the sudden death of her husband (she would also later lose her daughter) and the heartbreaking mind tricks she used to try to conjure him back. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

New York Theater Review: ‘The Year of Magical Thinking’

Eunice Wong / Truthdig May 30, 2007 In her first Truthdig theater review, actor and writer Eunice Wong takes in director David Hare's stage production of "The Year of Magical Thinking," Joan Didion's haunting memoir about the sudden death of her husband (she would also later lose her daughter) and the heartbreaking mind tricks she used to try to conjure him back. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )