Knocking on Bashar al-Assad’s Door

Staff / Truthdig Jul 23, 2012 Last time on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Juan Cole's informed comment on developments in Damascus; Wal-Mart owns America; Internet hypochondria; Comic-Con culture clash; and unbundling educationcom/avbooth/category/truthdig_radio/" title="Truthdig Radio">Truthdig Radio: Juan Cole's informed comment on developments in Damascus; Wal-Mart owns America; Internet hypochondria; Comic-Con culture clash; and unbundling education. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Knocking on Bashar al-Assad’s Door

Staff / Truthdig Jul 23, 2012 Last time on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Juan Cole's informed comment on developments in Damascus; Wal-Mart owns America; Internet hypochondria; Comic Con culture clash, and unbundling education. Dig deeper

Flack for Wal-Mart Poses as Journalist to Infiltrate Union Event

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 16, 2012 Working as a flack for a public relations company representing Wal-Mart, Stephanie Harnett committed one of the big no-nos of journalism by falsely identifying herself as a reporter. Using a phony name, she claimed to be a student journalist in order to infiltrate a union press conference earlier this month. This week Harnett left the PR company, Mercury Public Affairs. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Walmart Bribes

RJ Matson, Cagle Cartoons, The St. Louis Post Dispatch Apr 29, 2012 Dig deeper

Wal-Mart Bribery Scandal

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Would You Like Sugar and Fat With That?

By Jane Black Mar 23, 2012 Tracie McMillan, author of "The American Way of Eating," goes undercover in grocery stores, restaurants and the country's agricultural fields to find out why it's so hard for us to eat healthy food. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Homosexuality May Become a Felony in Liberia

Staff / Truthdig Mar 4, 2012 Liberia is considering two proposals that would make consensual same-sex acts punishable with jail time; NATO refuses to get involved in the crisis in Syria; and a Jewish journalist killed by terrorists was baptized posthumously by the Mormon Church. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Black Friday: The Pepper Spray Holiday

Staff / Truthdig Nov 26, 2011 Following the good example set by recent police activity in our great nation, a particularly determined shopper whipped out the pepper spray Thursday night in a bid to fend off competition for an Xbox at a Los Angeles Walmart. That set the tone for a Black Friday alive with holiday spirit. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Protesters Set Their Sights on Wal-Mart

Staff / Truthdig Oct 26, 2011 A member of Occupy Seattle is coordinating a statewide protest against Wal-Mart slated for Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Barbara Ehrenreich: ‘Poverty Has Been Criminalized in America’

Staff / Truthdig Aug 14, 2011 Ten years ago, writer Barbara Ehrenreich published "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America," a blockbuster book on the state of the working poor in America. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Hanks Falls Flat in Languid ‘Larry Crowne’

Richard Schickel / Truthdig Jul 2, 2011 “Larry Crowne” is a wan and predictable romantic comedy, much more the former than the latter. It is, for me at least, a major disappointment. “Larry Crowne” is a wan and predictable romantic comedy, much more the former than the latter. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Wal-Mart and Trial Lawyers

Nate Beeler, Cagle Cartoons, The Washington Examiner Jun 21, 2011 Dig deeper