Kerry: U.S. and Russia Make Chemical Weapons Deal

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 14, 2013 The U.S. and Russia have agreed that Syrian chemical weapons will be put under international control and destroyed beginning one week from now, The Guardian reported Saturday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Tramples Laws He Demands Others Uphold

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 12, 2013 For seven decades, successive U.S. governments have used an exclusive and dated U.N. veto power to "pursue their own corrupt interests at the expense of peace and justice," George Monbiot writes in The Guardian. Obama's response to the mess in Syria is no exception. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Motorola CEO: Advantages to Manufacturing in U.S. Outweigh Costs

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Sep 12, 2013 Showing off the Texas plant where his company's new flagship smartphone is assembled, Motorola CEO Dennis Woodside said, "It's a myth that you can't bring manufacturing here because it's too expensive." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

New Record: Richest Americans Took Half of All Income in 2012

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Sep 12, 2013 A new study has concluded that the wealthiest 10 percent of Americans have never in the last century taken a larger slice of the income pie. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Leading Critic of American Hypocrisy Goes Quiet

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Sep 11, 2013 Saul Landau, a prolific filmmaker, writer and Truthdig contributor, died Monday from a fight with cancer. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

George Zimmerman’s Wife Says He Threatened Her With a Gun

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Sep 10, 2013 A week after filing for divorce, Shellie Zimmerman called 911 on Monday and said her husband, the acquitted shooter of Trayvon Martin, had threatened her and her father with a gun, The Associated Press reports. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Use a Dead Man’s Switch to Announce NSA Sabotage

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 10, 2013 Security systems deliberately weakened by the NSA put their users at risk. Cory Doctorow, author and co-editor of the group blog Boing Boing, suggests building a service that puts a "dead man's switch" on every website subject to government interference that would alert users that security has been compromised. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Elizabeth Warren Slams the Corporate Court

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Sep 9, 2013 "You follow this pro-corporate trend to its logical conclusion, and sooner or later you’ll end up with a Supreme Court that functions as a wholly owned subsidiary of big business," Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said in a speech Sunday to the AFL-CIO convention in Los Angeles. 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 )

Not Even Encryption Will Save You, Snowden Documents Show

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 6, 2013 The NSA has thwarted many of the encryption safeguards currently relied upon to protect the online activities, communications and data of governments, banks and hundreds of millions of private citizens, major news outlets in possession of classified documents provided by whistle-blower Edward Snowden report.The NSA has thwarted many of the encryption safeguards currently relied upon to protect the online activities and communications of governments, banks and hundreds of millions of private citizens. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Senate Committee Votes to Authorize Military Strikes on Syria

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Sep 5, 2013 On a 10-7 vote, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a measure Wednesday that would grant the president up to 90 days to wage war on Syria without the use of ground troops. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

NSA Spied on Latin American Presidents

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 2, 2013 The National Security Agency spied on the communications of presidents of Mexico and Brazil, according to a report produced by a Brazilian news program and co-authored by Glenn Greenwald, the Guardian journalist who broke news of President Obama's spying program at the beginning of the summer. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )