Snapchat’s Hometown Protests Company’s Presence

Staff / Truthdig Mar 4, 2017 Snap Inc. just had a profitable first day trading on the stock market, but one Southern California neighborhood is fighting the gentrification that comes with hosting a tech giant. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Finally Acknowledging the Obvious, Los Angeles Moves to Declare a State of Emergency on Homelessness

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Sep 24, 2015 Whether a Truthdig series had anything to do with it or not, the mayor has committed to finding $100 million to get 10,000 people off the streets and into programs to help them. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Helping the Homeless in the Face of GOP’s Brutal Funding Cuts

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Sep 18, 2015 The task is labor-intensive, beginning with interviewing one person at a time, and it requires perseverance, patience and a willingness to work against all odds. It is made no easier by a callous, Republican-controlled Congress. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Go Directly to Jail: Punishing the Homeless for Being Homeless

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Sep 11, 2015 Although falling asleep, standing still and sitting down are all necessary for survival, more and more communities are treating these behaviors as crimes when done in public places by people with nowhere else to go. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Abbot Kinney, Pacific Ocean Park, and the California Dreamers

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Aug 5, 2014 A new book about an old seaside amusement park, gone for a half a century, set me thinking about a favorite subject, the boom-and-bust quality of California, a place of constant invention and reinvention, of dreams shattered or attained. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Wait a Second, Did Venice Just Vote to Secede From Italy?

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Mar 25, 2014 While the whole world was busy talking about Crimea, something remarkable happened in Venice. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Venetians Protest Cruise Ships Inundating Their Waters

Staff / Truthdig Sep 24, 2013 Residents of the Italian city are voicing their discontent at the inordinate number of tourists being ferried in by behemoth boats. About 50 protesters jumped into the Giudecca Canal on Saturday to stop 12 enormous cruise ships from heading to St. Mark’s Square, delaying the monstrosities by only an hour. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Occupy Targets Obama

Staff / Truthdig Jan 2, 2012 Occupy Des Moines protesters decide it's high time to occupy the Democratic headquarters, and they won't be the last; Jon Stewart's "Daily Show" gets more viewers than Fox News; and one of America's most visible poets fell out of grace thanks to a racist poem. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Missing Health Care Debate

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Oct 6, 2009 One way to give people a good deal on their health care is the so-called public option. A better way is the kind of strong regulation that isn't even being discussed. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Chavez Walks the Red Carpet With Stone in Venice

Staff / Truthdig Sep 8, 2009 Oliver Stone made quite a dramatic entrance at the Venice Film Festival on Monday for the premiere of his documentary, "South of the Border" -- the director was joined on the red carpet by none other than Venezuela President Hugo Chavez, the subject of his film. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Oliver Stone on Hollywood and the ?Machinery of War?

Staff / Truthdig Sep 2, 2006 Oliver Stone, speaking at the Venice Film Festival, criticized Hollywood?s romance of war. ? 'Pearl Harbor' and 'Black Hawk Down' -- these movies worshipped the machinery of war and I think America went back to the concept of war too easily.? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )