By Lena Groeger, ProPublicaJan 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 )
Staff / TruthdigMay 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 )
Staff / TruthdigJun 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 )
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Staff / TruthdigMay 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 )
Staff / TruthdigJan 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 )
Staff / TruthdigNov 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 )
Staff / TruthdigOct 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 )
Staff / TruthdigJul 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 )
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