Apple Won’t Allow Movie Villains to Use iPhones

By Zach Sharf / Salon Feb 28, 2020 "Knives Out" director Rian Johnson explains why the bad guy in his latest film isn't using any of the tech company's products. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Creator of the World Wide Web Is ‘Devastated’ by What It Has Become

Ilana Novick Jul 3, 2018 Tim Berners-Lee is fighting for a freer, more open internet. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Speaker Who Lost His Voice

Gregory Glover / Truthdig Apr 12, 2018 Paul Ryan took Washington by storm with promises of fiscal responsibility. He leaves as a Trump-appeasing budget buster deluxe. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

VIDEOS: Memories of Jon Stewart and Megyn Kelly

Staff / Truthdig Jan 29, 2016 In light of the love fest over the Fox News anchor, we thought it worth remembering Jon Stewart's "Daily Show" takedowns of two of Kelly's more unfortunate rants, including her declaration that Santa Claus "just is white" and her "fair and balanced" approach to the news. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chelsea Manning Found Guilty of Violating Prison Rules, Given Restrictions

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Aug 19, 2015 The good news is that convicted national security leaker Chelsea Manning isn't facing solitary confinement for an indefinite stretch of time. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chelsea Manning Could Face Solitary for Possessing Caitlyn Jenner Issue of Vanity Fair (Updated)

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 13, 2015 In addition to the magazine, the U.S. Army soldier serving a 35-year military prison sentence for leaking official secrets has been threatened with solitary confinement for having an expired tube of toothpaste in her cell, her lawyers and supporters say. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Bill Cosby Story Blows Up Again After Report About Court Case (Updated)

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Jul 7, 2015 The fallout from a cascade of accusations in recent months about Bill Cosby’s alleged drug-enabled sexual assaults, which the veteran comic and his legal team had attempted to stem, became more serious this week. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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While Celebrating Caitlyn, Let’s Not Overlook the Wider Realities of Trans People’s Lives

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Jun 3, 2015 To tell Caitlyn’s story with care is to demand justice for trans people. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: D.C. Drama, Nigeria, the Return of Monica Lewinsky

Staff / Truthdig May 10, 2014 Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists discuss House Republicans' preference for bunk scandals, the congressional vote to hold former IRS commissioner Lois Lerner in contempt, Boko Haram's holding of more than 200 kidnapped girls, and Monica Lewinsky in Vanity Fair. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

How Monica Lewinsky Deserves to Be Remembered

Joe Conason / Truthdig May 10, 2014 Monica Lewinsky must be satisfied to learn that with a few stylish photographs and a few innocuous paragraphs, she can still discombobulate Maureen Dowd, Lynne Cheney and a swarm of demented figures in American politics and media. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Monica Lewinsky Breaks Silence on Clinton Affair

Staff / Truthdig May 7, 2014 It is time to stop "tiptoeing around my past -- and other people's futures," she said, in a possible reference to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's expected White House run in 2016. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )