Rape Victim Jailed and Denied Contraception

Staff / Truthdig Feb 1, 2007 A rape victim in Florida was thrown in jail for two days when police discovered a warrant accusing her of failing to pay restitution for a theft she committed as a juvenile. A jail worker, allegedly motivated by religious convictions, then refused to give her a crucial dose of the morning-after pill. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges: America’s Holy Warriors

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jan 1, 2007 The former New York Times Mideast Bureau chief warns that the radical Christian right is coming dangerously close to its goal of co-opting the country's military and law enforcement. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Jabari Asim: Here We Go Again

Jabari Asim / Truthdig Dec 5, 2006 The recent shooting of an unarmed black man in New York is another chapter in a long and heartbreaking tradition. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

YouTube Video Prompts FBI Probe of LAPD

Staff / Truthdig Nov 14, 2006 The FBI has launched a police brutality investigation of the LAPD after a video surfaced on YouTube of a police officer repeatedly punching a suspected gang member in the face. Read about it, and watch the video. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Supreme Court Upholds No-Knock Police Search

Staff / Truthdig Jun 16, 2006 Samuel Alito's conservatism has begun to make itself felt. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Alternet’s 10 Signs of the Impending Police State

Staff / Truthdig May 27, 2006 An indispensible roundup, and it's not just The War and The Spying. Alternet also points to presidential signing statements, free speech zones, the Internet clampdown, and touchscreen voting machines. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Drone Aircraft May Prowl U.S. Skies

Staff / Truthdig Apr 4, 2006 The Congress hears from police agencies that envision using unmanned military drones for surveillance -- in one troubling example, high above American cities. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Claim: U.S.-Trained Iraqi Police Abetting Massacres

Staff / Truthdig Mar 23, 2006 Time magazine says evidence is mounting that the Shiite-dominated police force has become a corps of shock troops bent on killing Sunnis. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Gunmen Seize 50 at Iraq Security Firm

Staff / Truthdig Mar 9, 2006 This incident--coming on the heels of the discovery of 20 bodies dumped in Baghdad--is the face of urban civil war on the model of the Battle of Algiers. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Death Squads and Prison Abuse in Iraq

Staff / Truthdig Feb 17, 2006 In a big story that is receiving scant media attention, the U claims that Iraqi police forces are acting as "death squads" to wipe out Sunnis At the same time, the Iraq parliament is condemning the U for the newly released pictures of prisoner abuse in Abu Ghraib. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )