Truthdigger of the Week: Cecily McMillan

BLANK May 12, 2014 Occupy Wall Street organizer Cecily McMillan is paying with her time and body for our leaders' sins of unbridled power and extreme wealth. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

How ‘Revolution’ Became an Adjective

By Lewis Lapham, TomDispatch Mar 17, 2014 For the last several years, the word has been hanging around backstage on the national television talk-show circuit waiting for somebody, anybody -- visionary poet, unemployed automobile worker, late-night comedian -- to cue its appearance on camera. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

Propaganda: Securiotic

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 4, 2013 An excerpt from an animated film in production skewers claims that police state-style measures of social control are undertaken for the good of citizens. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Parent Arrested After Asking Questions at School Meeting

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 22, 2013 A Baltimore father was forced out of a public meeting between parents and leaders of his child's school district Thursday and faces a possible 10½ years in jail on charges of assaulting a police officer after being removed when he dared to ask an unscripted question, reports an article on "Activist Post." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Creating a Military-Industrial-Immigration Complex

By Todd Miller, TomDispatch Jul 11, 2013 Calling the border security act the Senate passed on June 27 “immigration reform” is like calling the National Security Agency’s expanding global surveillance system a domestic telecommunications upgrade. It’s really all about the country that the United States is becoming -- one of the police and the policed. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Top Ten American Steps Toward a Police State

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jun 25, 2013 The police state is characterized by a standing political police, by intense domestic surveillance and by restrictions on the movements of citizens. Police states are on a spectrum, and unfortunately in the past decade the United States has moved toward police-stateness in small but key ways. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Daniel Ellsberg

BLANK Jun 16, 2013 Pentagon whistle-blower Daniel Ellsberg remains a steadfast example of the courage he recognizes in Edward Snowden and others in the current generation of whistle-blowers. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Feingold Correctly Predicted Patriot Act Abuse in 2001 (Video)

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 11, 2013 When the Senate passed the Patriot Act after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, only one senator voted against it: Russ Feingold, a Democrat from Wisconsin. At the time, he expressed concern over where it could lead. And in the wake of revelations about the scope of NSA surveillance, it turns out the former senator's fears were completely justified. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: NSA Whistle-Blower Edward Snowden (Updated)

BLANK Jun 9, 2013 The Guardian notes, "Snowden will go down in history as one of America's most consequential whistleblowers, alongside Daniel Ellsberg and Bradley Manning." Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Lockdown, USA: Lessons From the Boston Marathon Manhunt

By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout May 9, 2013 What is needed in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon tragedy is careful reflection about what locking down an entire city means -- not just for the future of urban living, but for democracy itself. Dig deeper ( 24 Min. Read )

How Not to Prevent a School Shooting

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 25, 2013 What happens when you put police-minded people in charge of schools? Officials take ideas like "bulletproof whiteboards" seriously. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Running the Gauntlet

Nick Anderson / Truthdig Apr 21, 2013 Dig deeper