Facebook May Morph Your Brain

Staff / Truthdig Oct 19, 2011 Here we have the latest news in the blossoming social networking subdiscipline of neurology, about which we are not entirely kidding, as a team of researchers from University College London has found a possible link between the size of their subjects' flocks of Facebook friends and the size of certain parts of their brains. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Amazon’s Sweatshop

Staff / Truthdig Sep 23, 2011 Amazon's warehouse has brutal working conditions; women are beginning to take over the workforce; meanwhile, a website and app have been developed to tell you how many slaves are working for you. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Arizona Taking Donations to Pay for Border Fencing

Staff / Truthdig Jul 20, 2011 An Arizona law allowing the state to build its own security fence along the border with Mexico went into effect Wednesday, and the private donations necessary to fund the project have begun stacking up. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hack Attack: Senate, CIA Sites Take a Hit

Staff / Truthdig Jun 16, 2011 A band of hackers by the collective name of LulzSec brought the CIA's website down for the count Wednesday, and while they were at it the technogeeks broke into the Senate's site. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Team Obama Launches LGBT-Oriented Site

Staff / Truthdig Jun 4, 2011 In honor of the hard work they clearly feel they've done for the community, socially minded members of the Obama administration this week launched a special sitelet aimed at LGBT voters as an adjunct to the White House's online hub. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Meatless Site’s Photos of Meat Spark Outrage

Staff / Truthdig Apr 20, 2011 So much for the "vegetarian lifestyle" that embattled website VegNews purports to promote. The online hub for vegans and vegetarians caused a ruckus recently when it was discovered that numerous photos of supposedly meat-free foods were actually images of carnivorous fare. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Amazon Evicts WikiLeaks

Staff / Truthdig Dec 2, 2010 In addition to selling books, Amazon does a nice side business hosting websites. WikiLeaks was paying for space on Amazon servers this week until the retailer sent the leakers packing. No comment so far from Amazon, but WikiLeaks, now hosted in Sweden, responded with a dig about "the land of the free." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gay Dating Site Wants In on Super Bowl Action (Update: Video)

Staff / Truthdig Jan 28, 2010 A commercial for a gay dating website isn't likely to air during next week's Super Bowl. The site, ManCrunch.com, submitted an ad that CBS is still "deliberating" on. ManCrunch was told all spots had been sold, but other potential advertisers are being told otherwise. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Newsday’s Paid Content Project Hits Major Glitch

Staff / Truthdig Jan 27, 2010 In the future, news junkies may be willing to pay a subscription fee to get their fix, but judging by what's happening over at Long Island's Newsday newspaper, that time has not come. According to The New York Observer, after three months, only 35 people had signed up to have full access to newsday.com for $260 a year. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

All the News That’s Fit to Charge For

Staff / Truthdig Jan 21, 2010 The New York Times' website may get more traffic than just about any other news site in the country, but the paper is still struggling to pay its bills and announced Wednesday that it will move to a metered pay model (continued). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Larry’s List: Beautiful People Edition

Staff / Truthdig Jan 5, 2010 Today on the list: gay-baiting in Illinois' GOP primary, a website for beautiful people only (ouch), the ups and downs of higher education and more. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Looking for Great ‘Big History’ Books

John Dean / Truthdig Aug 11, 2009 My late friend Ron Silver, the actor and political activist, once asked me a question that I have continued to think about ever since. On the afternoon of his last New Year's Eve, when he surprised me by coming to California, he wanted to know if I had found any great "big history" books.I have been thinking about my late friend Ron Silver's last words to me for months: "Find someone to start a big history Web site," he urged. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )