Staff / TruthdigMay 10, 2014
Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists discuss House Republicans' preference for bunk scandals, the congressional vote to hold former IRS commissioner Lois Lerner in contempt, Boko Haram's holding of more than 200 kidnapped girls, and Monica Lewinsky in Vanity Fair. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 8, 2014
A new Boko Haram massacre has killed hundreds in Nigeria's northeast, a senator said Wednesday, as police offered $300,000 for information leading to the rescue of more than 200 schoolgirls held hostage by the Islamists. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigMay 7, 2014
The horrific story of the kidnapping of nearly 300 girls from their school in Borno Province, northeastern Nigeria, by the Boko Haram terrorist group has again underlined the problem of violent fundamentalism in Africa. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 7, 2014
President Barack Obama Tuesday urged global action against Nigerian Islamic militants, as Washington sent in military experts to help track down more than 200 girls seized in a "heartbreaking" kidnapping. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 7, 2014
Nigerian parents on Tuesday said their worst fears about their daughters' fates had been confirmed after Boko Haram, which kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls last month, threatened to sell the hostages as "slaves." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 6, 2014
Arrests and prosecutions of Canadian residents who don't disclose they've been infected with the HIV virus are commonplace; Nigeria's first lady condemns those protesting her government's ineffectiveness in dealing with the abduction of 236 schoolgirls by the Boko Haram group; meanwhile, a smartgun's been developed that will work only for its owner, but a New Jersey law is keeping it off the market. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigMay 1, 2014
About two weeks ago, hundreds of Nigerian girls were kidnapped from their secondary school, but we've hardly heard a peep about it in U.S. media. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 14, 2014
Gunmen on motorbikes in northwest Nigeria's Katsina state killed at least 69 people and torched several homes in attacks on four villages, a local lawmaker told the news agency AFP on Thursday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 29, 2014
The EU's flaws have come into high relief during the recession, but it may be an opportunity to change them; an Israeli contractor wants to build a residential project where only Jews can live; meanwhile, cat cafes are spreading throughout the world. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 22, 2014
"The Daily Show's" Jon Stewart brings to our attention a lesser known competition happening concurrently with the Sochi Winter Olympics: the Homophobic Olympics. Can you guess who's winning? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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