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Official Iranian Paper to Run Holocaust Cartoons

Staff / Truthdig Feb 7, 2006 The Tehran city council-owned newspaper says it is testing the West's arguments about freedom of expression. | storyMeanwhile, Four Afghans are killed in cartoon-related protests near the U.S. base in Bagram--the first time violence has been directed against America in the controversy. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Most U.S. News Orgs Won’t Run Muhammad Cartoons

Staff / Truthdig Feb 4, 2006 As violence spreads across the world, Editor & Publisher has the best take yet on why most US news outlets won't re-publish the satirical images | storyABC is one of the very few to do so | video (there's a commercial)Update: Check out the way Truthdig's Mr Fish depicted Jesus in a cartoonIs it offensive, an exercise in free speech, or both?. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Battle Scars: The War Within

Staff / Truthdig Jan 30, 2006 A Marine in Iraq who became the poster boy of the assault on Falloujah returns home to Kentucky, where he battles the demons of post-traumatic stress. | storyPowerful stuff. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Insurgents Break With Al Qaeda Over Civilian Killings, Report Says

Staff / Truthdig Jan 10, 2006 Iraqi guerrillas tell a Saudi-backed London newspaper that they won't unite with Zarqawi after recent bombings. | Juan Cole translates and comments Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Getting Women Wrong, Again and Again and Again

Staff / Truthdig Jan 5, 2006 Did you know that a woman is more likely to get hit by lightning than marry after 30! Or was that be run over by a bus? Or, wait, maybe not. more Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iraqi Muslim Scholars Were Paid to Aid U.S. Propaganda

Staff / Truthdig Jan 2, 2006 The same Pentagon contractor that paid Iraqi newspapers to print pro-U.S. stories written by American soldiers masquerading as indepenent journalists has also been "compensating Sunni religious scholars in Iraq in return for assistance with its propaganda work," according to the New York Times. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chicago Agonistes: The Plight of the L.A. Times

Steve Wasserman / Truthdig Nov 29, 2005 Under pressure from its Tribune Co. overseers, the paper will struggle to protect the journalistic excellence it took years to build. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )