Immigration Officials’ Unholy Reliance on Google Translate

Yeganeh Torbati / ProPublica Sep 27, 2019 Language experts caution even students against using the service, yet the U.S. government is using it to vet refugees' social media posts. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

No One Is More Afraid of Socialism Than Donald Trump

Jake Johnson / Common Dreams Sep 9, 2019 Behind closed doors, the president admits that Bernie Sanders and his populist brand politics could be difficult to defeat in 2020. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Harry Reid Urges Democrats to Nuke the Filibuster

Eoin Higgins / Common Dreams Aug 8, 2019 The former Senate majority leader cites our worsening climate crisis, which he contends should be the country's "number one priority." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Private Immigration Prisons Are Raking In Taxpayer Dollars Under Trump

Ilana Novick Dec 27, 2018 A damning new report reveals the industry pulled down $800 million in 2018 alone. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

New York Daily News Editor Is Fired Amid Plagiarism Accusations

Staff / Truthdig Apr 23, 2016 An editor removed the attributions from writer Shaun King’s column, causing a storm of plagiarism accusations against King (pictured). Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Donald Trump’s War on the First Amendment

Bill Blum / Truthdig Mar 15, 2016 Despite the GOP front-runner's reputation for speaking his mind and "telling it like it is," he is an enemy of freedom of speech, suing anyone who says something he doesn't like. But it gets worse: As president, he promises, he would dismantle safeguards that foster robust discussion of public issues. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Speech: A Study in Whiplash-Inducing Contrasts

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Jun 15, 2015 She took a page from Franklin Delano Roosevelt in her first major campaign speech, but Hillary Clinton is still Wall Street's woman -- a point not lost on some who took in her surreal show at Roosevelt Island's Four Freedoms Park on Saturday. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Pro-Troop Charity Misleads Donors While Lining Political Consultants’ Pockets

Staff / Truthdig Aug 6, 2014 Move America Forward has collected millions to send care packages to U.S. troops. But its appeals often rely on images and stories borrowed without permission, and its assets have been used to benefit political consulting firms and PACs. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

Should a Mental Illness Mean You Lose Your Kid?

Staff / Truthdig May 30, 2014 Mindi has never harmed her daughter and is capably raising a son, but authorities took her daughter under a concept sometimes called “predictive neglect.” Dig deeper ( 21 Min. Read )

General David Petraeus on How Best to Live

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 10, 2012 Days before David Petraeus resigned from his post as director of the CIA for having an extramarital affair, The Daily Beast’s Newsreek Newsweek column published the general’s “Rules for Living” as documented by his biographer and mistress, Paula Broadwell. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )