Staff / TruthdigJun 14, 2011
The Zapatistas in Mexico mobilize against the drug war; the AOL-HuffPo merger is starting to lose its charm; and Google's Internet monopoly is threatened by Facebook. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 3, 2008
It looks like a pact to ban current cluster bomb designs will take another step forward, with more than 100 countries slated to sign the treaty in the next couple of days. However, the U.S., Russia and China -- the largest cluster bomb manufacturers -- so far have refused to sign on. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 31, 2006
The U.S. and three European allies may seek a range of sanctions against Iran including travel restrictions on Iranian leaders and limitations on access to global financial markets. However, according to the NYT, a recent report by the IAEA might hamper the sanctions effort. The report says Iran is making slow progress and has not increased its rate of production of enriched uranium, and that the purity of the uranium would only be useful for power plants, not weapons. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 6, 2006
The founder of the wildly popular pornographic video series takes an L Times reporter into his $40-million-a-year world. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 28, 2006
An administration official has indicated the United States may loosen its control over the Internet. The statement comes as something of a surprise after last year?s announcement by the Bush administration that the U.S. has no intention of relinquishing authority over its own invention. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 30, 2006
The newspaper originally reported that AT&T, BellSouth and Verizon have been providing phone call data to the NSA. But now USA Today says it can't confirm that either BellSouth or Verizon provided the data. (AT&T definitely appears to have done so.) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 31, 2006
In the wake of a massive anti-U.S. riot in the streets of Kabul, the paper's editorial board writes that Afghanistan is starting to look like Iraq. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 16, 2006
The vast American populace can't always be counted upon to show good sense, but in this case, at least, vox populi has gotten it right. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 13, 2006
Truthdig salutes Leslie Cauley, the USA Today reporter who broke the blockbuster story about the NSA's program to amass the records of every phone call made in America. Her scoop laid waste to President Bush's assertion that his domestic spying targets only a handful of suspected terrorists living in the U.S. In the wake of her story, GOP Sen. Arlen Specter is calling for congressional hearings. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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