The Marijuana Economy Comes Out of the Shadows

David Sirota / Truthdig May 16, 2015 Since Colorado voters legalized marijuana in 2012, more states and cities have been considering a similar path. At the same time, the cannabis market is looking less like a music festival and more like a Silicon Valley confab -- upscale, data-driven and focused on investors. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

EU vs. Google: Who Will Prevail?

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Apr 16, 2015 The European Union's top antitrust watchdog is setting her sights on Google, taking the tech giant to task for allegedly elbowing out competitors' listings in online shopping searches. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Age of Cryptocurrency

By Daniel Gross Jan 31, 2015 A new book examines Bitcoin, a “highly disruptive technology” that has the modest goal of “freeing people from the tyranny of centralized trust.” Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Thomas Frank: What’s the Matter With Democrats?

Staff / Truthdig Nov 7, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The "What's the Matter With Kansas?" author says Democrats blow off right-wing populism and "walk right into the buzz saw every time." Also: what to expect when you're expecting a Republican Senate, and Silicon Valley's take on indentured servitude. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: Ebola, Wall Street, Midterms and Freezing Eggs

Staff / Truthdig Oct 18, 2014 Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists discuss President Obama's appointment of an Ebola czar, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's concern over economic inequality in the U.S., Silicon Valley's egg-freezing employee benefits and the outlook for both parties in the upcoming election. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

How the Internet of Things Could Destroy the Welfare State

Staff / Truthdig Jul 20, 2014 A long article at The Observer examines the regulatory possibilities of "smart" phones, cars and even carpet, and asks what's to become of governance if data and algorithms are setting the limits of human life. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Tech Companies Boost Their Efforts to Stave Off Spy Agencies

Staff / Truthdig Jun 9, 2014 Tech companies are in a new race to make it harder for spy agencies around the world, such as the NSA in the U.S., to access their customers' data. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Rich Aim to Ban People From Sleeping in Cars Because It Disturbs Their Delicate Sensibilities

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Apr 17, 2014 There are some truly insensitive morons in the United States and the government is pandering to them, as usual. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Can the Internet Democratize Capitalism?

By Yanis Varoufakis Feb 22, 2014 Democracy requires a great deal more than "leveling" It requires political institutions that enable the economically weak to have a decisive say on policy against the interests of the rich and powerful" It requires political institutions that enable the economically weak to have a say on policy against the interests of the rich and powerful. Dig deeper ( 24 Min. Read )

A Republican San Francisco Ahead?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 22, 2014 "If the national Republican Party stops being a home for theocrats, war-mongerers, and xenophobic white men and drifts closer to a small-government, libertarian worldview that eventually makes peace with immigration, LGBT rights and abortion, it might gain traction in affluent, secular, and largely non-white San Francisco," a contributor at The Bold Italic writes. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Right Gloats About Fall of Polygamy Laws

Staff / Truthdig Dec 18, 2013 Conservatives believe the recent ruling on Utah's anti-polygamy statute is the inevitable consequence of the marriage equality movement; Coca Cola is trying to stop people from drinking tap water; meanwhile, Silicon Valley techies are arrogantly promoting class war in San Francisco. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Data Hackers

By Pratap Chatterjee, TomDispatch Oct 11, 2013 Inside your mobile phone and hidden behind your web browser are little known software products marketed by contractors to the government that can follow you around anywhere. No longer the wide-eyed fantasies of conspiracy theorists, these technologies are routinely installed in all of our data devices by companies that sell them to Washington for a profit. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )