Staff / TruthdigJan 28, 2014
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Mary Lambert and Madonna together performed the anti-homophobic bigotry song "Same Love" live at the Grammys on Sunday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 21, 2014
Comedian-actor-writer Russell Brand took on a range of topics including spirituality, materialism, politics and revolution during an interview at Cambridge University's student union in England last week. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigNov 16, 2013
The Russian activist and artist who earlier this month nailed his scrotum to the pavement outside Lenin's Masoleum in Moscow's Red Square spoke with n+1 about the media and the public's response to his political statement as uncertain reports surface that he, like members of the punk band Pussy Riot, has been charged with hooliganism. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigSep 9, 2011
The prime minister of Turkey will visit Egypt for the first time in 15 years Monday, potentially to forge an alliance between the two countries that could ultimately isolate neighboring Israel. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 4, 2011
Once again, Truthdig has won the Webby Award, the juried version, in the "Blog -- Political" category for the second year in a row The competition consisted of four widely read sites on top of their game: "Close Read" on The New Yorker, Comedy Central's Indecision (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 14, 2011
We're ever so happy and humbled to announce that Truthdig has once again been picked as one of the five finalists for the Webby Award in the "Blog - Political" category! This year, the competition is formidable, with some serious heavy hitters . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 26, 2008
MTV has become quite the changeling, now resembling not in the least the network that debuted in the early 1980s. Recently, the cable mainstay announced it will start airing political advertisements, and Team McCain seems to be first out the gates with this "Both Ways Barack" attack ad. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Jon Wiener / TruthdigSep 14, 2007
In a move that shocked legal scholars and outraged faculty, University of California Irvine Chancellor Michael Drake has fired noted liberal law professor Erwin Chemerinsky, who had signed a contract only a few days ago to become the first dean of UC Irvine's new law school. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 6, 2006
The US should pull nearly all combat troops out of Iraq by 2008 and push for a broad diplomatic and political solution -- or face a "slide toward chaos," according to the long-awaited Iraq Study Group's report
A line from the report: "U forces seem to be caught in a mission that has no foreseeable end"
Read the entire report here. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 2, 2006
The Washington Post's "White House Briefing" columnist argues that mainstream journalists and media organizations will continue their decline into irrelevance if they don't summon the courage to call BS. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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