VIDEO: North Korea Sentences U.S. College Student to 15 Years’ Hard Labor

Staff / Truthdig Mar 17, 2016 Otto Warmbier, a 21-year-old economics student at the University of Virginia, was found guilty of committing “severe crimes” against the state for allegedly attempting to steal a political banner from a hotel in Pyongyang. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Former University of Virginia Students Sue Rolling Stone Over Retracted Campus Rape Article

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 30, 2015 Three former members of a University of Virginia fraternity have sued Rolling Stone magazine for defamation and infliction of emotional distress, “saying the magazine’s discredited article on a campus gang rape had a 'devastating effect' on their reputations,” The New York Times reports. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

University of Virginia Students Protest Violent Arrest

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Mar 19, 2015 On Wednesday evening a crowd of students at the University of Virginia rallied to support college junior Martese Johnson, 20, whose bloody arrest early that morning by Alcoholic Beverage Control officers outside a bar near the school's campus sparked outrage and accusations of excessive force and racism. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

We Have to Change the Way We Report on Rape

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Dec 11, 2014 One of the important questions raised by Rolling Stone’s University of Virginia rape story is how journalists write about the victims. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: Police Troubles and Rolling Stone’s Apology

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 6, 2014 Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists consider the grand jury's clearing of a white police officer in the chokehold death of black Staten Island man Eric Garner. "Are grand juries going to allow police officers to be held accountable?" Scheer asks. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

See the Racial Dot Map

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 7, 2013 A dot for every person. That's what demographic researcher Dustin Cable of the University of Virginia's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service did with census data to show how population in the United States breaks down by race. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Why They Won’t Listen

Staff / Truthdig Mar 24, 2012 Jonathan Haidt, a social psychologist at the University of Virginia, believes intuition -- not reason -- guides people’s behavior, and with his new book, "The Righteous Mind," he wants to teach you how to better sell your politics. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Enlightened but Unemployed

Staff / Truthdig Jun 19, 2011 The well-intentioned handwringing over what to do about the slow asphyxiation of the traditional American humanities education continues over at Salon.com, where novelist Kim Brooks laments the failure of liberal arts colleges to prepare students for professionally and financially rewarding careers. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )