Catholic Bishop Resigns Over Secret Family

Staff / Truthdig Jan 4, 2012 It certainly is difficult to uphold a vow of celibacy when confronted by the contradictory evidence embodied in two teenage children, and this is the reason why a Los Angeles-area bishop, Gabino Zavala, recently resigned from his vaunted position within the Catholic Church. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Yemen’s President Signs Off

Staff / Truthdig Nov 24, 2011 After enduring a couple of unsuccessful attempts to get him to sign his power away, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh finally put pen to paper Wednesday, effectively ending his 33-year tenure after months of unrest and bloodshed in his home country In exchange, he'll reportedly be granted (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Nixon’s Watergate Testimony Finally Goes Public

Staff / Truthdig Nov 11, 2011 After nearly 35 years, the American public finally gets to hear Richard Nixon's claims about some of his administration's shadier practices, Watergate figuring most notoriously among them, after the National Archives' release Thursday of transcripts of his grand jury testimony (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

ACLU Cites Abuses, Demands L.A. County Sheriff Step Down

Staff / Truthdig Sep 29, 2011 The ACLU has demanded the resignation of Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca after the civil rights organization issued a report that he had willfully ignored a growing culture of violence and abuse by jail deputies against inmates. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Syrian Official Resigns in Protest of Assad’s ‘Savage’ Regime

Staff / Truthdig Sep 2, 2011 The attorney general of the Syrian province Hama resigned in a video posted online by activists Thursday in protest of President Bashar al-Assad's violent response to peaceful protesters. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Japan PM Resigns, Race for Replacement Begins

Staff / Truthdig Aug 28, 2011 Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan resigned Friday after enduring months of heavy criticism about his response to the March earthquake and tsunami and the subsequent nuclear crisis the natural disasters caused. By Saturday, five Japanese lawmakers were vying for the newly open position. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Apple CEO Steve Jobs Resigns

Staff / Truthdig Aug 25, 2011 Steve Jobs, who has been on medical leave since January, has stepped down as CEO of Apple Inc. and has "strongly recommended" the board name Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook as his successor.Steve Jobs, who has been on medical leave since January, has stepped down as CEO of Apple Inc. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama to Syria: Step Down, Assad

Staff / Truthdig Aug 18, 2011 President Obama and other world leaders called Thursday for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to resign in the face of the regime's continued violence against pro-democracy protesters. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Oregon Congressman Resigns Amid Allegations of Sexual Misconduct

Staff / Truthdig Jul 27, 2011 Facing a House ethics investigation into allegations that he had a non-consensual sexual encounter with a teenage girl, U.S. Rep. David Wu, an Oregon Democrat, announced his resignation Tuesday and said he would leave office once the debt ceiling impasse had ended. Wu, a Congress member since 1999, was the first Chinese-American to serve in the House. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Scotland Yard Chief Quits, Ex-Editor Arrested in Hacking Case

Staff / Truthdig Jul 17, 2011 Sir Paul Stephenson, head of London’s Metropolitan Police Service—commonly known as Scotland Yard—resigned Sunday just hours after police arrested former editor Rebekah Brooks in the Murdoch hacking scandal. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Japanese Reconstruction Minister Creates PR Disaster, Quits

Staff / Truthdig Jul 5, 2011 After spring's catastrophic earthquake and tsunami, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan's administration created the position of minister for reconstruction and looked to appointee Ryu Matsumoto to help the recovery effort on several levels. That didn't turn out so well. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hustler Publisher Offers Weiner a Job

Staff / Truthdig Jun 17, 2011 Anthony Weiner was forced to the bench in the congressional arena earlier this week, but he appears to have a more lucrative and less prudish opportunity to get back in the fight, this time for pornography mogul, free speech advocate and hammerer of sexual hypocrites Larry Flynt. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )