Technology
Technology
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Have Your ID Card Ready
Aug 28, 2025 More websites are requiring proof of age and identity. Does that protect kids or grease the slipperiest slope of the internet?
Labor
How a War on Porn Is Endangering US Sex Workers
Jan 13, 2023 A proposed ‘anti-trafficking’ US law may actually increase trafficking, as well as threatening sex workers and free speech.
Andrea Dworkin: Teller of Hard Truths
Jul 17, 2019 A new book offers an opportunity to revisit the writer's maligned but searing insights into the impact of pornography on women.Michael Avenatti Charged With Defrauding Stormy Daniels
May 22, 2019 The lawyer is accused of stealing book deal money from his ex-client amid legal battles with President Trump; he denies the allegations.Growing Number of States Call Porn a Public Health Crisis
May 10, 2019 Republican officials say it's a plague on society, but health experts warn that these labels can go too far and carry their own risks.
Arts & Culture
The Trickster King and the Erudite Literalist
Apr 20, 2019 Approaching Vladimir Nabokov’s 120th birthday, Truthdig looks at his friendship and falling-out with another literary giant, Edmund Wilson.2019 National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Award: Second Place, Commentary Analysis/Trend—Books/Arts
How Women Learn to Hate Their Vulva
Mar 9, 2019 It makes me sad that, after all this time, women in this country seem to have made so little progress toward loving our bodies, ourselves.
Trump Is Telling Racists Exactly What They Want to Hear About the Border
Mar 6, 2019 According to the president, the U.S. needs a protective wall to prevent sex traffickers from driving bound women into the country.
When Doing Good Becomes Doing Bad
Jul 11, 2018 Sexual abuse by members of organizations that provide relief to some of the world’s most vulnerable people has been more pervasive than recently reported.
The Trouble With Nondisclosure Agreements
Apr 25, 2018 Saving time and money doesn't always serve the cause of justice.
