When a Dream Becomes Someone Else’s Nightmare: Clarence Moses-EL’s 28 Years Behind Bars

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Dec 24, 2015 It was all because of the dream of a neighbor woman who had been raped. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Not Dissecting ‘Disgraced’ With the Pulitzer Winner’s Playwright

Emily Wilson / Truthdig Nov 30, 2015 Ayad Akhtar wants audience members to decide for themselves what his play, about the complexities of identity and hidden prejudices in post-9/11 New York, is saying. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

In ‘White People,’ an Attempt to Break the Cycle of Ignorance

Clara Romeo / Truthdig Jul 23, 2015 In a new documentary by journalist and activist Jose Antonio Vargas, white millennials come face to face with their own tendency to blame minorities for their problems before engaging in critical research to find out the truth. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Tony Kushner on Suffering Actors, the Wayward Left and the ‘Dream’ of Revolution

Emily Wilson / Truthdig Jun 19, 2014 For someone who finds writing tortuous, Tony Kushner does a lot of it. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: The Pulitzer Prize Committee

BLANK Apr 19, 2014 When institutions lend their support to the powerless, as the Pulitzer committee did this week to whistle-blowers and their newspapers, the battle is no longer merely between the weak and its oppressors.When institutions lend their support to the powerless, as the committee did to the NSA reporters, the battle is no longer merely between the weak and its oppressors. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Top 6 Pulitzer Prize ‘Traitors’ in American Journalism

Juan Cole / Truthdig Apr 15, 2014 The Pulitzer Prize committee’s opinion that Edward Snowden is a public servant rather than a traitor or criminal is a scandal on the American right. But it is not a new scandal. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Pulitzer Committee Vindicates NSA Reporters With Highest Honor

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 15, 2014 "What splendid courage!" Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer said upon hearing the announcement. "By recognizing the astounding threat posed by the NSA to the basic freedoms our government is sworn to observe, the award effectively honors Edward Snowden and, through his example, other brave whistle-blowers." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

In-Depth Review and Analysis of the 2013 Pulitzer Winner for Fiction

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Apr 17, 2013 Cherilyn Parsons, in her Truthdig review of "The Orphan Master's Son," wrote that the book, which just won the Pulitzer Prize, is "a rich, careening, dystopian tale that stretches the form of a novel to give us a visceral hit of life inside North Korea." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Back to the Dawn of the Modern World

Staff / Truthdig Apr 21, 2012 Harvard professor and author Stephen Greenblatt won a Pulitzer Prize this week for his account of how an ancient Roman philosophical epic jump-started the modern world. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

What Huffington Post’s Pulitzer Says About Online Journalism

Staff / Truthdig Apr 17, 2012 Stop panicking. Newspapers may come and go, but rich, time-consuming journalism is not dead. In fact, David Wood spent eight months working on the 10-part series that won him and the Huffington Post the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting. Not exactly the celebrity blogs and Internet rehashing that once brought HuffPo scorn. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pulitzer Source Says New York Times Didn’t Submit WikiLeaks Reporting

Staff / Truthdig Apr 20, 2011 Forbes reports that The New York Times didn't win for WikiLeaks stories because it didn't enter them. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Nat’l Enquirer: Grand Jury About to Indict John Edwards

Staff / Truthdig Mar 4, 2010 The National Enquirer is still on John Edwards' case, and according to the tabloid the fallen politician may be in serious troubs with a federal grand jury for allegedly redirecting campaign funds into his mistress' pockets. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )