Robert Scheer: Cyberwarfare Is ‘Where the Real Money Is’ (Part 1 of 10)

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Jun 10, 2015 Just how and when did the military-industrial complex become the military-intelligence complex? And what's the link between Amazon and the Pentagon? Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )

Why Obama Is Right to Avoid a Double Standard on Modern Christian Atrocities (Video)

Juan Cole / Truthdig Feb 7, 2015 President Obama, speaking on Thursday at the National Prayer Breakfast, condemned religious extremism in the Muslim world He then added, “lest we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place, remember thatslavery and Jim Crow all too often was justified in the name of Christ”. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Muslims’ War on Terror: Yes, They’re Condemning the Paris Attacks

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jan 10, 2015 When American commentators complain that Muslim authorities have not sufficiently denounced the terrorist attack on the Charlie Hebdo staff in Paris, they show a profound ignorance of the current situation in the Middle East. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Ruling: Religious Business Owners Exempt From Covering Contraception

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 30, 2014 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that some businesses are allowed to refuse to provide contraception coverage as part of employee health insurance plans. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Top 5 Wars on Religious Extremism in Today’s Muslim World

Juan Cole / Truthdig May 22, 2014 The Fox News commentators who say that the Muslim world is not doing enough to police its own extremist movements don’t actually seem to be reading the news. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Anti-Gay Law in Uganda and the Miracle of Denial

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Did Religious Extremism Drive 2 Million Egyptian Youth to Unbelief?

Juan Cole / Truthdig Feb 13, 2014 Egyptian journalist Hilmy al-Namnam said last fall that some researchers had concluded that there were 2 million Egyptian atheists. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Religious Right Is Resuscitating Dead Diseases

Staff / Truthdig Sep 17, 2013 Thanks to certain communities’ fear of vaccines, illnesses such as the measles, which had been wiped out for decades in America, have come back into existence. This resurgence of diseases is dangerous for a number of reasons, the first being that a lot of doctors and nurses are no longer trained to treat or look out for them. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Blame

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Gay Marriage

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The Newest Phenomenon in Israeli Politics

Staff / Truthdig Jan 16, 2013 Naftali Bennett, a "forty-year-old settlement leader, software entrepreneur, and ex-Army commando," is the face of Israel's new religious right, and he's ready to give Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a run for his money; a woman stole a train in Sweden and crashed it into an apartment building; meanwhile, although Jodie Foster's coming out speech certainly made a statement, some LGBT activists argue she should have done so sooner. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Zack Kopplin

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 23, 2012 Reason has a new friend: 19-year-old Zack Kopplin played a crucial role in getting the Orleans Parish School Board to ban creationism from its campuses. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )