The Greatest Threat to Campus Free Speech May Come From Dianne Feinstein and Her Millionaire Husband

Staff / Truthdig Sep 29, 2015 The Intercept's Glenn Greenwald reports that the California senator and her military-contractor husband Richard Blum are essentially blackmailing the University of California into punishing students who speak out against Israel. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

U.S. News & World Report’s College Rankings List Is Baloney. Here’s the List You Should Actually Use

Robert Reich / Truthdig Sep 14, 2015 With college application season almost upon us, where should aspiring college students and their parents look for advice? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Eye Shape Tells Whether an Animal Is Predator or Prey

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 8, 2015 Scientists have determined that the shape of an animal’s eye has everything to do with its adaptation to a particular place on the food chain. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Human Experimentation Was a Core Feature of the CIA Torture Program’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 18, 2014 If journalists and officials began talking about the tests that CIA psychologists conducted on suspected terrorists at U.S. black sites, would Americans demand the prosecution of those responsible? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Wall Street Greed: Not Too Big for a California Jury

By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt Apr 25, 2014 Sixteen of the world’s largest banks have been caught colluding to rig global interest rates. Why are we doing business with a corrupt global banking cartel? Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

‘PBS NewsHour’: ‘Money on the Mind’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 24, 2013 A UC Berkeley study published earlier in 2013 showed links between wealth and selfish, anti-social behavior. The damning results are worth repeating. Compared with their poorer counterparts, wealthier participants consistently took more candy from children, cheated at games for petty cash prizes, lied during negotiations, stole at work and endorsed unethical behavior. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Napolitano to Trade Her Helmet for a Cap and Gown

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 12, 2013 Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has bested career academics and school administrators to be named the next president of the 10-campus University of California system, the Los Angeles Times reports. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

New Climate Study Changes Some Minds

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 31, 2012 Global warming is happening and “humans are almost entirely the cause.” That’s the conclusion reached by a team of researchers at UC Berkeley, led by professor Richard Muller, who now considers himself a “converted skeptic” on the issue. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

California Committing Educational Suicide

Staff / Truthdig May 12, 2012 A Public Policy Institute of California report shows that amid soaring tuition costs and diminishing state government support for higher education, large numbers of students are surrendering the quest for a four-year degree because they simply can't afford it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Oh, the Cruelty of the Rich

Staff / Truthdig Apr 11, 2012 Research confirms what the poor have always known about their relationship with the wealthy: They're more likely to get a scavenged sandwich from a tramp than a nickel from a man in pinstripes. Wealth, at least in America today, reduces compassion and fosters selfishness, studies show.Wealth, at least in America today, reduces compassion and fosters selfishness, studies have found. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A Poet’s-Eye View of Occupy Berkeley

Staff / Truthdig Nov 21, 2011 When he caught wind of conflict between students and police on campus, former poet laureate and UC Berkeley professor Robert Hass rushed to the scene on Nov. 9, only to witness local riot police beating students -- and eventually his wife and him, too -- with billy clubs. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A Night of Hope in Berkeley

Cherilyn Parsons / Truthdig Nov 16, 2011 It wasn’t quite Berkeley in 1964, but it wanted to be, and that might be the ultimate significance of the thousands-strong gathering Tuesday night in Sproul Plaza on the Cal campus.The Occupy movement, which has kept apart from other social movements, reached back and grabbed onto the past. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )