Staff / TruthdigDec 19, 2006
American Apparel's controversial founder has sold the clothing company to an investment firm for $382.5 million. The company made a name for itself by manufacturing guilt-free clothes in downtown Los Angeles, where it pays workers double the minimum wage and offers them healthcare, free meals and English lessons. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 23, 2006
A coalition of conservatives and progressives has formed to defeat a law that would allow Internet provider companies to decide which sites load up the fastest--based on who pays them the most. Such a law would upend the even playing field that every site on the Web now enjoys. Check it out and contact your congressperson.
When a right-wing blog like Instapundit and a left-wing organization like MoveOn.org get together on something, it's worth paying attention to. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
The Rev. Madison Shockley / TruthdigApr 13, 2006
Interested in a real Paschal Mystery this Easter? How 'bout this? Why does the Catholic Church insist that Jesus had a bodily resurrection, when Paul clearly says in Corinthians 15:44: "It is sown a physical body, it is raised a spiritual body. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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The Rev. Madison Shockley / TruthdigApr 13, 2006
Hallelujah! Easter is almost here. Aren't you glad? What's that low sigh I hear? Ohhhhh that's right, you're one of those progressive Christians. Easter is probably the most conflicted time of the year among progressive churches, even more so than Christmas. Even a progressive Christian can reasonably assert that Jesus was really born, even as the debate goes on among others about how he was born. But this is not so with Easter. Either he was resurrected or he was not. And when we say he was not, then someone somewhere will quote I Corinthians 15:12 to us, "Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead?" Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 15, 2006
A population expert, writing in USA Today, highlights a little-known demographic trend: Progressives are much less likely to have children than conservatives. This "augers a far more conservative future," he writes, "one in which patriarchy and other traditional values make a comeback, if only by default." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 16, 2006
A Media Matters study spanning 1997 to 2005 concludes: "Sunday talk shows on ABC, CBS, and NBC are dominated by conservative voices, from newsmakers to commentators." Most frequent guest: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), with 124 appearances. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 8, 2006
The progressive European enclave has set a 15-year limit on its switch to renewable energy. | storyHey, they won't even have to get on a plane to collect their Nobel Prize! Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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