Cellphone Prison

Emad Hajjaj, Cagle Cartoons, Jordan Feb 1, 2013 Dig deeper

Cellphone Creep

Angel Boligan, Cagle Cartoons, El Universal, Mexico City Dec 23, 2012 Dig deeper

Texting Instead of Driving?

Staff / Truthdig Aug 11, 2012 It seems young people are more interested in buying iPhones than automobiles these days; Central American families with links to death squads helped Mitt Romney fund Bain Capital; and Jill Stein, the presidential nominee for the Green Party, went to jail for protesting home foreclosures. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Class vs. Race

Staff / Truthdig Feb 15, 2012 These may be the first elections in which class will carry more weight than race; the "right to be forgotten" threatens freedom of speech on the Internet; meanwhile, some smartphone voice recognition software is racist and sexist. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Welcome to Alphaville, Avoid the Ghetto

Aram Sinnreich / Truthdig Jan 13, 2012 The world we see through our smartphones is a curated world, and its horizons are constricting, rather than expanding. The world we see through our smartphones is a curated world, and its horizons are constricting, rather than expanding. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

EU Battles Extremes

Staff / Truthdig Jul 31, 2011 The EU decides to address far-right extremism; education fails to solve poverty and inequality, while Netflix may destroy TV networks. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

MLK’s ‘Missing Years’

Staff / Truthdig Jan 23, 2011 Martin Luther King Jr.’s "missing" final years, questioning the capacity of our undergraduate graduates, and a new California law that allows cops to snoop our smart phones. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )