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The Attack on Gaza Protests Threatens Free Expression for All

Ari Paul / FAIR Apr 22, 2024 If state actors and media pundits can push universities to silence students and faculty, what’s next? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The IRS’ Work Against Tax Cheats Faces Virtual Collapse

Jesse Eisinger and Paul Kiel / ProPublica Oct 1, 2018 Audits and criminal referrals have plummeted amid budget cuts from Congress and a reordering of the agency's priorities. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Voter Purges on the Rise, Minorities Hit Hardest, Report Finds

Ilana Novick / Truthdig Jul 24, 2018 A 2013 Supreme Court decision striking down a section of the Voting Rights Act “has had a profound and negative impact” on access to millions and led to more abuse, researchers say. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Jessica Hagedorn’s Love Letter to 1970s San Francisco Comes to Stage

Emily Wilson / Truthdig Apr 21, 2018 The Filipina writer talks about her passion for literature, the influence of poet Kenneth Rexroth and adapting "The Gangster of Love." Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Consciousness Can Extend Past a Declaration of Death, Study Suggests

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Oct 19, 2017 Clinically dead patients who were revived were able to recount post-death conversations, researchers at a highly regarded medical school find. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Mild Head Injury Upsets Brain’s Resting State

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 25, 2012 MRI scans conducted by researchers at NYU’s School of Medicine have shown that the resting state functioning of brains that have suffered mild trauma corresponds to a host of problems, including cognitive dysfunction, depression, anxiety and fatigue. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Civilians ‘Terrorized’ in Pakistan Drone War

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 26, 2012 NYU law professor Sarah Knuckey, one of the authors of a new report on the social effects of America’s drone war in Pakistan, talks about the “broad mental health impacts” on people who live in fear of deadly attacks from the sky 24 hours a day. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

NYPD vs. Occupy: Cops Out of Control

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 26, 2012 After eight months of study, legal researchers at NYU and Fordham University this week turned out a damning review of the NYPD's behavior in policing the Occupy Wall Street protests. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Apple Products Are Core for Economy

Staff / Truthdig Apr 4, 2012 Throughout the recession, Apple's growth has brought hope to many; China's creative class and human capital cannot catch up to the U.S.'; meanwhile, Western intervention in Afghanistan has obviously failed, but by how much? These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Did the NYPD’s Spying on Muslims Violate the Law?

By Justin Elliott, ProPublica Mar 1, 2012 ProPublica interviews co-director of the Liberty and National Security Program at NYU School of Law Faiza Patel to explore whether New York police crossed the line. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Art of the Shakedown, From the Nile to the Potomac

Staff / Truthdig Nov 6, 2011 In places like Uganda, corruption often arises out of desperation. But in America, as W.E.B. Du Bois noted toward the end of his life, “We let men take wealth which is not theirs; if the seizure is ‘legal’ we call it high profits. And the profiteers help decide what is legal.” Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

NYU’s Studio 20 Releases ‘The Fracking Song’

Staff / Truthdig May 12, 2011 A team of student journalists at New York University's Studio 20 program created an extremely clever animated music video to give the American public the lowdown on "fracking," a potentially dangerous method of drilling for oil and natural gas by using pressurized liquids to hydraulically fracture subterranean rock. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )