Europe

Why Russia Fears the Gay

Ivo Mijnssen / Truthdig Jun 27, 2013 Although gay Americans have cause for celebration this week, Russia's parliament has unanimously passed a blatantly homophobic law. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Gay Soldier Says Prince Harry Saved Him From a Beating

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jun 11, 2013 It's nice to know the ginger prince, who is better known for playing strip poker and wearing a Nazi uniform to a costume party, is capable of genuine nobility. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.K. to Offer Reparations to Victims of Colonial Torture

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jun 6, 2013 The British government, after decades of escaping responsibility for its brutality in Kenya during the Mau Mau rebellion, will reverse course and offer compensation to victims, the BBC reports. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Policy in Search of a Proponent

Staff / Truthdig Apr 24, 2013 Now that the foundations of austerity are crumbling because of an Excel coding error, few may be willing to champion the economic theory; sci-fi may become part of the mandatory reading list for West Virginia students; meanwhile, flamenco has become more than a dance--it's a new way to protest the banks. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Sir Ian McKellen Speaks Ill of the Dead

Staff / Truthdig Apr 19, 2013 The British actor says what the obituaries are leaving out about Margaret Thatcher -- her administration was nasty, especially when it came to homosexuality; gruesome images, like those taken during the Boston Marathon attacks, can teach us true sympathy and should not be censored or ignored; and maybe our Founding Fathers are to blame for the seeming impossibility of gun control. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Next Stop, Pedophilia

Staff / Truthdig Mar 5, 2013 According to Rush Limbaugh, since the left has normalized gay marriage, now it will do the same with pedophilia; the U.K. government has found a way to take British citizenship away from certain people who were then mysteriously killed by drones; meanwhile, a computer programmer in India may make teachers redundant as he shows how children can and should teach themselves. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

German Spies’ Sex for Secrets Replaced by Free Love

Staff / Truthdig Feb 18, 2013 The location of a former training camp where Stasi operatives were taught to retrieve secrets through sex now houses a free-love commune; filibuster reform was blocked and now, for the first time in history, a secretary of defense nomination has been filibustered; meanwhile, Al-Jazeera has been accused of developing a political agenda since the Arab Spring. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

British Lawmakers Say Aye to Gay Marriage in Parliamentary Vote

Staff / Truthdig Feb 6, 2013 Members of Britain’s Parliament ruled in favor of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill on Tuesday, and in case the name of this particular piece of legislation doesn’t make it clear, the vote brings gay marriage ever closer to a state-sanctioned reality in the U.K. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Richard III’s Remains Found Six Feet Under British Parking Lot

Staff / Truthdig Feb 5, 2013 It’s hardly the kind of vaunted resting place various other British royals have enjoyed, but the earth beneath a municipal parking lot in Leicester, England, is where the remains of King Richard III were recently discovered. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Marxist Group Claims It Bombed U.S. Embassy in Turkey

Staff / Truthdig Feb 3, 2013 A Marxist group called the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front claimed responsibility Saturday for a suicide bombing the previous day at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gay Marriage Gets a Boost in French Parliament

Staff / Truthdig Feb 3, 2013 Gay marriage is close to getting the government's official nod in France, as Saturday a majority of the country's National Assembly members approved a key article in a bill aiming to allow same-sex couples to wed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pirates Beware: The U.K. Is Handing Over Your Loot

Staff / Truthdig Dec 24, 2012 The government of the United Kingdom plans to allow copyrighted material to be copied for personal use; Julian Assange gives kudos to Bradley Manning from the balcony of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London; meanwhile, South Africa's ruling party has called for an official boycott of Israel. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )