Abstinence War Room

Staff / Truthdig May 25, 2006 Check out this documentary about a faith-based abstinence program that religious-right forces installed in New Mexico public schools. Watch for the part about the covert "purity" war room. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Brit Ponders America’s Love Affair With Cars

Staff / Truthdig May 19, 2006 Next time you're stuck in gridlock, keep in mind that many American cities had fantastic public rail systems until Big Auto bought up all the tracks and scrapped them to make way for cars. The Observer reminds us that "it did not have to be like this." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Katrina and Terror Coverage Win Pulitzers

Staff / Truthdig Apr 18, 2006 Two Gulf Coast newspapers took home the big award for their hurricane reportage; Risen and Lichtblau of the N.Y. Times won for their stories on Bush's eavesdropping; and Dana Priest of the Washington Post earned a Pulitzer for reporting on secret CIA prisons. Full list of winners. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Newspaper Punctures Myth of ‘the Boy Crisis’

Staff / Truthdig Apr 11, 2006 The Washington Post refutes an earlier Newsweek cover story that claimed boys are falling badly behind girls in public school education. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Texas Arresting People in Bars for Being Drunk

Staff / Truthdig Mar 23, 2006 Undercover agents will bust you in a bar for public intoxication--so you don't get behind the wheel of a car, or something like that. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush: Troops Will Stay in Iraq Past 2008

Staff / Truthdig Mar 22, 2006 The president made the admission during a news conference, during which he uttered perhaps the most tone-deaf and asinine remark of his presidency: "Nobody likes war. It creates a sense of uncertainty in the country." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cheney Admits to Drinking Before Accident

Staff / Truthdig Feb 16, 2006 In a Fox News interview, Cheney admits to drinking a beer at lunch before the hunt, which took place a few hours later. (Hat tip: Think Progress.) If he's low-balling the amount he drank, it wouldn't be the first time Cheney misled the public. UPDATE: AMERICAblog reports that MSNBC's website "scrubbed" a reference to Cheney's drinking. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Catholic Church Slashes Offers, Ups Burden of Proof in Abuse Cases

Staff / Truthdig Dec 31, 2005 In negotiating with a second wave of sexual abuse victims, the Catholic Church has "reverted to the bare-knuckles tactics it had long used to silence or marginalize them," critics tell the New York Times, "largely because public attention to the scandals had abated." Read the story. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Intelligent Ruling on Intelligent Design

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Dec 21, 2005 It's good to know that some of our judges are standing up to the fundamentalists A federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled today that a public school district can't require the inclusion of "intelligent design" in biology classes as an alternative to evolution See story. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )