Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigApr 5, 2013
Twenty-five students at a Massachusetts middle school went home hungry this week when the private contractor that runs the school's cafeteria denied them lunch because the students' accounts were a few cents overcharged. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 13, 2012
Something interesting happens when hardworking, fiscally minded Americans find themselves on the public dole: They resent the government that lends a hand and feel guilty for accepting help. A major article from The New York Times documents the anxiety, frustration and confusion of a growing class of dependent Americans.Hardworking, fiscally minded Americans feel guilty when they land on the public dole. A New York Times article documents the frustration of a growing class of dependent Americans. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigNov 18, 2011
All right, members of the 112th United States Congress, if you keep saying you're about to have a total political meltdown and then nothing happens, we're going to stop believing you Once again, the fearsome government shutdown was avoided Thursday when squabbling factions on Capitol Hill (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 8, 2010
American school officials' attitudes about the relationship between kids and their school lunches have swung from shades of strict social Darwinism to reflections of the free-market mentality over the last century, as Michael O'Donnell explains in his Washington Monthly book review. Thus, the ideal of character-building deprivation gave way to the age of the tater tot. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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