Sean Penn and Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán: Hollywood Came Calling, Then the Authorities Followed

Staff / Truthdig Jan 11, 2016 In Sean Penn's star-powered, 10,000-word, gigante get for Rolling Stone about his clandestine huddle with Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, we learn that, with startling predictability, Guzmán was yielding to Hollywood's siren call. And that receptivity didn't just consist of his willingness to be interviewed by actor and activist Penn, either. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

10 Best Satirical Campaigns for President of the United States

By Kali Holloway, AlterNet Sep 25, 2015 They're not much more ridiculous than the real thing, but in general they're a lot more entertaining. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Former University of Virginia Students Sue Rolling Stone Over Retracted Campus Rape Article

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 30, 2015 Three former members of a University of Virginia fraternity have sued Rolling Stone magazine for defamation and infliction of emotional distress, “saying the magazine’s discredited article on a campus gang rape had a 'devastating effect' on their reputations,” The New York Times reports. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bernie Sanders Means Business With 2016 Presidential Run

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Apr 29, 2015 This is no political stunt, folks: In his newest article, Rolling Stone's biggest marquee reporter, Matt Taibbi, sizes up Sen. Bernie Sanders' bid for the presidency in the 2016 election and concludes that Sanders is the real deal. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Stone

Nick Anderson / Truthdig Apr 18, 2015 Dig deeper

Truthdig Nominated for Webby Award in Political Blog/Websites Category

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Apr 7, 2015 Well, this is a real honor: Truthdig is grateful to be a 2015 Webby Awards nominee for Best Political Blog/Website. Needless to say, we're in some good company. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Microsoft Software Translates Skype Conversations in Real Time

Staff / Truthdig Dec 17, 2014 It's now possible to have a conversation in English and Spanish on Skype without having to hire an interpreter; the Rolling Stone writer continues to research her controversial story on UVA students; meanwhile, former Sen. Mark Udall revealed a "smoking gun" regarding the CIA torture report but no one seems to have noticed. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

We Have to Change the Way We Report on Rape

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Dec 11, 2014 One of the important questions raised by Rolling Stone’s University of Virginia rape story is how journalists write about the victims. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: Police Troubles and Rolling Stone’s Apology

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 6, 2014 Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists consider the grand jury's clearing of a white police officer in the chokehold death of black Staten Island man Eric Garner. "Are grand juries going to allow police officers to be held accountable?" Scheer asks. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Paul Krugman’s Sloppy, Wet Kiss’ for Barack Obama

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 20, 2014 Historic Obama critic Paul Krugman made an about-face in his opinion of the president's performance in a much-discussed Rolling Stone essay on Oct. 8 that Salon columnist Thomas Frank, who believes Krugman's "relentless, one-man war on austerity… should have earned him a second Nobel Prize," finds incredible. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The History of Rock ’n’ Roll in Ten Songs

Peter Richardson / Truthdig Aug 29, 2014 Author Greil Marcus doesn't explain these 10 songs (including one sung by Amy Winehouse, shown) or their power to thrill him; he tries to re-create in prose how it might have felt to perform them.Author Greil Marcus doesn't explain these 10 songs (including one sung by Amy Winehouse, above) or their power to thrill him; he tries to re-create in prose how it might have felt to perform them. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Taibbi: ‘Outrageous HSBC Settlement Proves the Drug War Is a Joke’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 6, 2014 British bank HSBC received a settlement deal from the Justice Department for laundering billions of dollars for Colombian and Mexican drug cartels and violating a host of international banking laws. Matt Taibbi calls the preferential treatment "the ultimate insult to every ordinary person who's ever had his life altered by a narcotics charge." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )