Staff / TruthdigMay 7, 2013
A chemist tried to swap orange juice bottles with containers filled with rubbing alcohol at a coffee shop in San Jose, Calif.; Republicans' insistence on hampering immigration reform thanks to a provision concerning gay immigrants is utter stupidity; meanwhile, people with health insurance are going bankrupt thanks to medical costs, but Obamacare isn't the answer. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMar 5, 2013
The coffee company's chief executive, Howard Schultz, conscripted "countless low wage workers into the austerity army" in asking his Washington, D.C.-area employees to promote the billionaire-backed Fix the Debt campaign by scrawling the words "Come Together" on customers' cups. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigDec 28, 2012
A look at the day's political happenings, including the newest member to be sworn in to the U.S. Senate and Barbara Walters' awkward interview with the Obamas. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Mr. Fish / TruthdigJun 10, 2012
"If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes," Picasso said, naming the distinct advantage that artists have always had over pundits and polemicists when it came to perceiving the world as it is; pundits and polemicists being much more likely to insist that the world is whatever a person wants it to be."If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes," Picasso said, naming the distinct advantage that artists have always had over pundits and polemicists. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Mr. Fish / TruthdigOct 15, 2011
I thought about Susan Dey and blisters and being a hippie last Thursday when I found myself driving around outside the Air and Space Museum looking for a place to park. I was in D.C. for the purpose of lending my body and rancor to the Occupy Wall Street protesters gathering in Freedom Plaza for their first day of rabble-rousing.There was no nuance as far as the eye could see. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 23, 2011
Amazon's warehouse has brutal working conditions; women are beginning to take over the workforce; meanwhile, a website and app have been developed to tell you how many slaves are working for you. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 4, 2010
Those aspiring screenwriters and novelists clogging up Starbucks may soon have more dramatic material from which to draw inspiration, as the coffee chain has become a reluctant battlefield in the culture wars. Gun enthusiasts and/or nuts have taken to arming themselves before overpaying for coffee. (continued) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 12, 2010
Olvera Street, the oldest part of downtown Los Angeles, is a pocket of near-authentic Mexican culture where one can buy chorizos, clothing and handicrafts. But the city's budget crisis is leading to a push to privatize the monument, giving way to an influx of Starbucks and Pollo Loco on the historical street. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Marie Cocco / TruthdigJul 24, 2008
In its own way, Starbucks has a lot in common with SUVs, hot tubs and television screens wide enough to fill a wall. That is, it represents the bit-by-bit extravagances that helped get us into the tight economic jam we find ourselves in today. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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