Disclosed: Funding America’s Digital Wars

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 31, 2013 Top-secret budget documents given to The Washington Post by NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden show how Barack Obama's growing force of cyberwarriors infiltrate and disrupt foreign computer networks. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Neutered Message of the March on Washington

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 27, 2013 "Based upon the speeches during the main portion of today’s events there can be little doubt that the Dr. King who was murdered in Memphis in 1968 would not have been allowed to speak at this fiftieth-anniversary commemoration of his life," The Nation's Dave Zirin wrote of Saturday's March on Washington. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Civil Rights Group Sues Alabama Over School Choice Law

BLANK Aug 26, 2013 In a case with potentially national repercussions, the Southern Poverty Law Center is challenging a school choice law in Alabama that uses tax credits to help families leave failing schools. That, the SPLC says, unconstitutionally creates two classes of schoolchildren. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Demonstrators Converge on D.C. to Commemorate Civil Rights Anniversary

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 24, 2013 On a march from the National Mall to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on Saturday, tens of thousands of people honored the work of those who marched on Washington, D.C., 50 years ago in the struggle for civil rights and pledged that the goal "included equality for gays, Latinos, the poor and the disabled," The Associated Press reports. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Yosemite Blaze Moves Toward San Francisco Utilities

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 24, 2013 A wildfire burning out of control at the edge of Yosemite National Park is threatening power and water service to the city, prompting California Gov. Jerry Brown to declare a state of emergency. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Taxpayer Money Used to Cover PRISM Compliance Costs

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 23, 2013 Top-secret material passed to The Guardian shows that the National Security Agency paid millions of dollars to help major Internet companies such as Google, Microsoft and Facebook cover the cost of certification for participating in the PRISM surveillance program. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Egypt Coup Earns $8 Billion Reward From Neighboring States

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jul 10, 2013 Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have given Egypt $8 billion in cash, loans and fuel since military leaders arrested President Mohamed Morsi and shot dead dozens of his supporters. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Crumbling Infrastructure

Steve Sack, Cagle Cartoons, The Minneapolis Star Tribune Jun 23, 2013 Dig deeper

All God’s Children Got Nukes

Bill Day, Cagle Cartoons Oct 9, 2012 Dig deeper

These Colors Don’t Run

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Aug 25, 2012 Dig deeper

Miserable Monogamy

Staff / Truthdig Sep 15, 2011 An expert decrees that monogamy is unnatural and unnecessary; Mexican "Indignados" protest President Felipe Calderon's failed "War on Drugs"; meanwhile, scientists have discovered a new "Super Earth" that may contain water. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

USA Hits the Debt Ceiling

RJ Matson, Cagle Cartoons, The St. Louis Post Dispatch Jul 10, 2011 Dig deeper