Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop Is a Product of Our Failed Health Care System

By Mary Elizabeth Williams / Salon Jan 27, 2020 Would you rather be a patient or a consumer? Buying your way to even crackpot health gives the illusion of autonomy. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Pussy Riot Duo Strikes Back Against Kremlin With Lawsuit

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Jul 29, 2014 They're known for their guerrilla tactics and public displays of punk protest, but now two members of the Pussy Riot collective, Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, are using the tools of the system to their advantage. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

When Capitalism Has Eaten All the DIY Fun

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 20, 2014 A novel drinking craze sweeping the U.K. and Ireland may be the closest thing to a subculture young people have after punk and other fringe scenes have been subsumed by entertainment capitalism. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Pussy Riot Singer No Longer MIA

Staff / Truthdig Nov 15, 2013 Pussy Riot's Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, whose whereabouts were a mystery for 26 days, has been found. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

No News About Pussy Riot Member’s Whereabouts

Staff / Truthdig Nov 5, 2013 Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, a member of the feminist punk band arrested last year after an outspoken performance, has been kept "out of sight" since she was moved from a penal colony in Mordovia, Russia, to an unknown location. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Punk Hostages Practice the Healing Power of Literature

By Michael Juliani Sep 11, 2013 Two veterans of L.A.’s punk scene are bringing books and creative writing to institutionalized people in prisons, shelters and recovery programs. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

WTF? Beyonce and Anna Wintour Chair Punk Couture Exhibit

Staff / Truthdig May 1, 2013 It's hard not to imagine a genuine punk rocker gagging a little bit on the Metropolitan Museum of Art's new exhibition "PUNK: Chaos to Couture." Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Pussy Rioter Moved to Solitary Confinement

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 23, 2012 Maria Alyokhina, a member of the Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot jailed for performing an anti-Putin “punk prayer” in Moscow’s main cathedral this year, has been transferred to a solitary cell at Berezniki penal colony, apparently at her own request. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pussy Rioter Released from Jail

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 10, 2012 A Moscow appeals court has unexpectedly freed Yekaterina Samutsevich, the oldest of the three members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot who were jailed for an anti-Putin performance earlier this year. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Russian Rockers Denounce Putin in Trial’s Closing Statements

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 8, 2012 "If this political system throws itself against three girls it shows this political system is afraid of truth," a member of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot said as a judge set a verdict date on charges that the musicians engaged in hooliganism against the Russian government. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Russian Punk Rockers Sit It Out in Jail

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 21, 2012 A Moscow judge on Friday ordered three members of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot to remain in jail awaiting trial for an anti-Putin performance in Moscow’s major church, the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, in February. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Anti-Putin Feminist Punk Rockers Languish in Jail

Staff / Truthdig Apr 21, 2012 Three members of the Russian feminist punk group Pussy Riot face up to seven years in jail for seizing the pulpit of Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral in mid-February and mocking Vladimir Putin, then a candidate for the Russian presidency. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )