The Newest Phenomenon in Israeli Politics

Staff / Truthdig Jan 16, 2013 Naftali Bennett, a "forty-year-old settlement leader, software entrepreneur, and ex-Army commando," is the face of Israel's new religious right, and he's ready to give Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a run for his money; a woman stole a train in Sweden and crashed it into an apartment building; meanwhile, although Jodie Foster's coming out speech certainly made a statement, some LGBT activists argue she should have done so sooner. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Where the Jobs (Still) Aren’t

Staff / Truthdig Feb 2, 2012 Geography is one of those seemingly stodgy fields that's enjoyed an infusion of innovation in recent years, and here's a sobering yet useful map of the U.S. to illustrate that point. Specifically, you'll see how different zones of the country have fared in terms of long-term unemployment. Looking good, Middle America. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

New Bill Would Put Taxpayer-Funded Science Behind Pay Walls

By Lena Groeger, ProPublica Jan 12, 2012 Right now, if you want to read the published results of the biomedical research that your own tax dollars paid for, all you have to do is visit the digital archive of the National Institutes of Health. But a new bill in Congress wants to change that. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Truthdig Wins 2011 Webby for Best Political Blog

Staff / Truthdig May 4, 2011 Once again, Truthdig has won the Webby Award, the juried version, in the "Blog -- Political" category for the second year in a row The competition consisted of four widely read sites on top of their game: "Close Read" on The New Yorker, Comedy Central's Indecision (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Radiohead Frontman Predicts Imminent Demise of Record Industry

Staff / Truthdig Jun 10, 2010 If his music is any indication, Thom Yorke's not exactly possessed of the most optimistic mind-set, but the Radiohead singer may be onto something when he says that the record industry as we know it is about to implode. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdig Wins Webby Award for Best Political Blog

Staff / Truthdig May 4, 2010 All of us here at Truthdig are honored to announce that we've won the Webby Award jury prize for this year's Best Political Blog The fact that our fellow nominees included sites we visit daily like The Huffington Post, The Economist, The New Yorker and The Atlantic (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Americans Bingeing on Internet’s Info-Buffet

Staff / Truthdig Jan 27, 2010 If it is true that "how you do one thing is how you do everything," then Americans are right on track with their consumption habits, both in terms of food and information. Among his observations, The Atlantic's Derek Thompson points out how the info-glut on the Internet doesn't exactly lead to a more accurately informed public. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

There’s More to Hate Crime Stats Than Meets the Eye

Staff / Truthdig Nov 25, 2009 Upon first glance, the FBI's news that hate crimes based on sexual orientation were up 11 percent in 2008 from the previous year suggests a giant uptick in violence against America's LGBTQ population However, as Andrew Sullivan and Mark Thompson remind us (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ad for the Public Option Takes Sen. Ensign to Task

Staff / Truthdig Oct 5, 2009 Nevada Sen. John Ensign's recent infidelity scandal lurks in the background of an ad for the public option running in parts of his home state this week, courtesy of the progressive coalition Health Care for America Now! The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder notes that the coalition has paid $100,000 to run the ad for a week to point out Ensign's financial entanglements with the health care industry. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Newsweeklies on the Brink

Staff / Truthdig Jul 2, 2009 So, Time and Newsweek have had to reinvent themselves in the face of flagging circulation numbers and built-in relevance issues (i.e., they were created at a time when there were too many newspapers, crazy as that sounds now), but as The Atlantic's Michael Hirschorn notes, there's one weekly news digest that's going strong while others falter. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )