CEO Pay: A Teeny-Weeny Secret for Rich Folk

Staff / Truthdig Jun 28, 2011 The House Financial Services Committee has voted to repeal a provision in last year's Dodd-Frank financial reform law requiring public corporations to report the ratio between CEO and median worker pay. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Americans Admire Glenn Beck More Than the Dalai Lama

Staff / Truthdig Dec 28, 2010 Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton top the USA Today/Gallup Poll lists of the most admired men and women in 2010 Obama has lost some love since last year, but still has more admiration among Americans than the rest of the top 10 combined (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cheney Denied by the CIA

Staff / Truthdig May 14, 2009 The CIA has denied the lovable Dick Cheney’s request to release memos that, in the ex-veep’s eyes, would prove the effectiveness of torture administered under Bush's reign. "I'm convinced, absolutely convinced, that we saved thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands, of lives," he said last week. The documents in question will not be declassified, as they are the subject of pending litigation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Poll Finds Obama Is the Most Admired Man

Staff / Truthdig Dec 26, 2008 First he wins the presidency of the U.S., then he wins Time's Man of the Year. Now a poll shows that Barack Obama holds a sizable lead among Americans as the most admired man in the world. Coming second was George W. Bush and third was John McCain, proving once again the horrible imagination Americans have when finding inspiration outside politics. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Clinton: Whites Prefer Me

Staff / Truthdig May 8, 2008 Hillary Clinton will surely stir controversy with racially charged comments that appeared Thursday in USA Today. The candidate noted an article "that found how Sen. Obama's support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites in both states who had not completed college were supporting me." "There's a pattern emerging here," she added. Audio update. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Liberal Baby Bust

Staff / Truthdig Mar 15, 2006 A population expert, writing in USA Today, highlights a little-known demographic trend: Progressives are much less likely to have children than conservatives. This "augers a far more conservative future," he writes, "one in which patriarchy and other traditional values make a comeback, if only by default." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )