By Karen J. Greenberg, TomDispatchFeb 28, 2014
In his first weeks in office, in a series of executive orders and public statements, the new president broadcast for all to hear the five commandments by which life in his new world of national security would be lived. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigAug 1, 2013
A look at the day's political happenings, including Anthony Weiner's wife is reportedly taking a break from her job as Hillary Clinton's top aide and North Carolina's governor makes an insulting offer to protesters demonstrating against the state's recently signed-into-law abortion bill. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Cora Currier, ProPublicaJul 2, 2013
Despite Obama's pledge in May “to facilitate transparency and debate” about the U.S. war on al-Qaida-linked militants beyond Afghanistan, the administration won't respond to the first prominent allegation of a civilian death since the president delivered his major speech. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJun 14, 2013
A look at the day's political happenings, including Sen. Marco Rubio's immigration reform bill threat and the circumstances in which Ann Coulter thinks the Republican Party "deserves to die." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMay 15, 2013
Upon finding itself a target of the administration's spying program, the establishment press suddenly disapproves of the president's record on "civil liberties, transparency, press freedoms, and a whole variety of other issues on which he based his first campaign," Glenn Greenwald writes in The Guardian. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigAug 24, 2012
Professional jealousy; dogmatic institutionalism; craven loyalty to power. Glenn Greenwald fires a devastating salvo at the British and American press for their dogged campaign of “disgusting slander” against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.Glenn Greenwald fires a devastating salvo at the British and American press for their dogged campaign of “disgusting slander” against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Justin Elliott, ProPublicaApr 20, 2012
Many of the country’s biggest media companies--which own dozens of newspapers and TV news operations--are flexing their muscle in Washington in a fight against a government initiative to increase transparency of political spending. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigNov 22, 2011
Over a pair of steaming coffee cups, I was told that a secret faction has developed within New York City’s Occupy movement, made up of big-name celebrities and would-be leaders, some of whom look determined to steer the movement in a direction of their choosing.Over a pair of steaming coffee cups, I was told that big-name celebrities and would-be leaders look determined to steer the movement in a direction of their choosing. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 28, 2011
When you sit back and ponder all the ways in which our government's functionality might be improved, you immediately seize upon the notion that if Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke held news conferences, we'd be that much closer to a true democracy, right? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Ruth Marcus / TruthdigApr 16, 2010
In the age of Twitter and video-chats, the court apparently still finds that allowing the public to hear audio of its proceedings would be overly intrusive. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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