Archie Army: Comics Used to Recruit Soldiers Are Laughable

Staff / Truthdig Jul 19, 2012 The U.S. government-funded "America's Army" is a digital comic being used as a recruitment tool and it, well, sucks; free online courses may be changing the face of college education as we know it; meanwhile, Rush Limbaugh has been fabricating callers and outsourcing Facebook fans. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Romney’s Retroactive Retirement, Weiner Mulls Political Comeback, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jul 16, 2012 A look at the day's political happenings, including Stephen Colbert's super PAC trend and Pat Robertson giving some pretty bad dating advice. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Border Patrol

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Border Choices

Bill Schorr, Cagle Cartoons May 22, 2012 Dig deeper

Buy American

Cameron Cardow / Truthdig Sep 18, 2011 Dig deeper

Some Factory Jobs Return, Paying a Whole Lot Less

Staff / Truthdig May 18, 2011 Unemployed American workers are glad to see factory jobs returning, but they're finding that the pay is drastically lower now, the result of a global race to the bottom for cheap labor. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The New Corporate World Order

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Apr 20, 2011 Of course it will be argued that multinational corporations have the right to arrange their businesses as they see fit in order to maximize profit. But if that is the case, do beleaguered American taxpayers have to foot the bill?Big government is big precisely because it is so active in so many costly ways in serving the interests of our biggest corporations. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Rudolph the Unemployed Reindeer

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig Nov 29, 2010 Dig deeper

Possible Cause of Death: Privatization

Moshe Adler / Truthdig Jul 16, 2010 When a branch fell from a tree at the Central Park Zoo, killing a 6-month-old baby, Mayor Michael Bloomberg declared it “an act of God.” But in all likelihood it was the act of a mayor. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Study Blames American Smog on Asia

Staff / Truthdig Jan 21, 2010 Residents of Southern California are no strangers to smog, but new research suggests that South and East Asia could be to blame for increased levels of the brown stuff floating over the Western United States. Ozone and possibly other pollutants are apparently blowing over the ocean, causing all sorts of problems and reminding us that exporting our pollution to the developing world isn't exactly working out. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Journal: Couric Likely to Leave CBS

Staff / Truthdig Apr 10, 2008 The Wall Street Journal is reporting that CBS News is likely to part ways with its evening news anchor, Katie Couric, who earns about $15 million a year. Consistently in last place among the networks, CBS has been under pressure to right the ship, and was even reported to have considered outsourcing some news operations to CNN. CBS says no such plan is in the works. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Outsource Your Parenting Duties

Staff / Truthdig Jul 4, 2007 This fake news report from The Onion envisions a solution for busy, cost-conscious parents: Just ship your kids overseas and get day care for pennies on the dollar. There's something unnaturally cute and funny about the mom in this clip preparing her child for shipment. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )