Truthdiggers

Truthdigger of the Week: Nancy Pelosi

Staff / Truthdig Apr 7, 2007 Truthdig tips its hat this week to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who drew criticism from the Bush administration for meeting with Middle Eastern officials, including Syria's president and members of Saudi Arabia's advisory council. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: The Late César E. Chávez

Staff / Truthdig Mar 31, 2007 Truthdig tips its hat this week to César E. Chávez, the Mexican-American labor organizer and activist who fought for more than 40 years for the rights of farm workers, Latinos and other disenfranchised groups. Happy César Chávez Day! Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Valerie Plame Wilson

Staff / Truthdig Mar 17, 2007 Truthdig tips its hat this week to Valerie Plame Wilson, who packed quite a punch Friday during her first public testimony since her 2003 outing as a covert CIA operative. The ex-agent proved she was no slouch when it comes to speaking truth to power with her strong words about the Bush administration's role in leaking her identity in 2003. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Patrick J. Fitzgerald

Staff / Truthdig Mar 10, 2007 Truthdig tips its hat this week to Patrick J. Fitzgerald, whose talent for tackling high-stakes court cases without flinching or yielding to partisan pressures made him the ideal prosecutor for the I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby trial. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Truthdiggers of the Week: Dana Priest and Anne Hull

Staff / Truthdig Mar 3, 2007 Truthdig tips its hat this week to Dana Priest and Anne Hull, the Washington Post reporters who revealed the shameful treatment of wounded military veterans and shoddy conditions at Washington's Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: David Geffen

Staff / Truthdig Feb 25, 2007 Truthdig tips its hat this week to David Geffen, the powerhouse producer who decided on principle to break ties with Hillary Clinton and support Barack Obama's bid for the White House instead. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Ed Henry

Staff / Truthdig Feb 17, 2007 Truthdig tips its hat this week to the CNN White House correspondent who has doggedly exposed the contradictions between the Bush White House and the U.S. military on Iranian involvement in Iraq. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Thomas Gimble

Staff / Truthdig Feb 10, 2007 Truthdig tips its hat this week to the Defense Department watchdog who reported that a top Pentagon official served up "inappropriate" intelligence reports to lead the country into war in Iraq. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Dr. Susan Solomon

Staff / Truthdig Feb 3, 2007 Truthdig tips its hat this week to the U.S. government scientist who braved certain backlash from the Bush White House for pushing through the most authoritative report yet on the dangers of global warming. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Sen. Jim Webb

Staff / Truthdig Jan 27, 2007 Truthdig tips its hat this week to the newly elected Democratic senator from Virginia, who delivered a blistering response to President Bush's State of the Union address. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Classic: Truthdigger of the Week: Ted Kennedy

Staff / Truthdig Jan 13, 2007 In honor of Sen. Ted Kennedy's passing, we're re-posting one of his classic moral stands. This 2007 speech against the escalation of the Iraq war was so good we had to give him the Truthdigger of the Week award back then. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Truthdiggers of the Week: The Military Refusers

Staff / Truthdig Jan 6, 2007 Update: Yahoo!'s Kevin Sites interviews Watada. We tip our hat this week to Army Lt. Ehren Watada and the dozens of uniformed military men and women like him who have publicly refused deployment to Iraq. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )