Bill Maher May Have Finally Gone Too Far (Video)

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Apr 10, 2015 In a now-viral quip, the comedian compares former One Direction singer Zayn Malik to convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Blackwater Guards Convicted of 2007 Iraq Massacre

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Oct 23, 2014 Four former employees of the private security firm formerly known as Blackwater were convicted Wednesday of a mass shooting during the Iraq War. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

News of the World Hacking Trial: Brooks Cleared, Coulson Guilty

Staff / Truthdig Jun 24, 2014 Rebekah Brooks is officially off the hook. For those who might not know, or might have lost track of this story in the whirl of the spin cycle, Brooks is the former editor of Rupert Murdoch's now-defunct News of the World tabloid in the United Kingdom. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Raw Footage: Mohammed Morsi Shouts From His Cage in Court

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jan 29, 2014 He was the first democratically elected ruler in thousands of years of Egyptian civilization. Now he's just a guy in a white jumpsuit, reduced to shouting from his court cage. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bringing Edward Snowden to Trial Could Be the Embarrassment of the Century

Bill Blum / Truthdig Jan 28, 2014 There’s little doubt that if the Obama administration ever managed to bring NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden before a jury on American soil, the unfolding drama would quickly become the trial of the new century. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Incentives Often Skew Justice in the American Courts, Study Finds

BLANK Sep 9, 2013 In a disturbing new report, two academics argue that incentives -- from career gains to lab test payments -- may be leading to high numbers of false convictions in American courts. They call for more study, but also for a systemic overhaul. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Morsi to Stand Trial on Charges He Incited Murder

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 2, 2013 Egypt's state prosecutor recommended the ousted president be put on trial on suspicion of inciting the murder of protesters during a demonstration against him in Cairo in December. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sentencing Testimony Suggests Manning and WikiLeaks Not Responsible for Any Deaths

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 3, 2013 "For three years Bradley Manning and Julian Assange were accused of murder," writes Matt Sledge at The Huffington Post. "Members of Congress and the administration said their WikiLeaks document dump endangered U.S. interests -- and lives." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Locking Out the Voices of Dissent

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jul 15, 2013 With Occupy crushed, the corporate state aims to deny public space to any group that might trigger a new popular uprising. If this repression wins out, the resulting silence may be replaced with the thunder of violent resistance. With Occupy crushed, the corporate state aims to deny public space to any group that might trigger a new popular uprising. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Jesse Jackson Jr. Loses the Right to Vote

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Feb 21, 2013 Pleading guilty to fraud and facing as many as five years in prison, former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. tearfully acknowledged Wednesday that he was losing one of the rights for which his father fought. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bradley Manning for President in 2040?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 7, 2012 If a federal judge doesn’t sentence him to life in prison, Pfc. Bradley Manning, the former Army intelligence analyst accused of handing hundreds of thousands of diplomatic cables to the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, may want to run for public office. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Russian Punk Rockers Sit It Out in Jail

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 21, 2012 A Moscow judge on Friday ordered three members of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot to remain in jail awaiting trial for an anti-Putin performance in Moscow’s major church, the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, in February. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )