Penn State Keeps Doing the Wrong Thing

Allen Barra / Truthdig Sep 12, 2016 The university plans to honor the 50th anniversary of Joe Paterno’s first game as head football coach. Have those taking this let-bygones-be-bygones attitude forgotten about the sex-abuse scandal that happened on his watch? Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

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What Americans Don’t Get About Afghanistan

Staff / Truthdig Jul 29, 2012 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Ed Girardet has been reporting from Afghanistan for 30 years and he predicts things will fall apart. Also: new infections of HIV among young, gay black men up by 48 percent; one of the architects of financial deregulation wants a do-over; and sportswriter Mark Heisler goes out on a limb looking for answers. Dig deeper

What Americans Don’t Get About Afghanistan

Staff / Truthdig Jul 29, 2012 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Ed Girardet has been reporting from Afghanistan for 30 years and he predicts things will fall apart Also: new infections of HIV among young, gay black men up by 48 percent; one of the architects of financial deregulation wants a do-over; and sportswriter Mark Heisler goes out on a limb looking for answerscom/avbooth/category/truthdig_radio/" title="Truthdig Radio">Truthdig Radio: Ed Girardet has been reporting from Afghanistan for 30 years; new infections of HIV among young, gay black men up by 48 percent; a financial deregulation do-over, and Penn State. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Santorum Defends Penn State, Paterno

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jul 28, 2012 Many and more have condemned Penn State and Joe Paterno over their handling of allegations involving former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, but not "family values guy" Rick Santorum. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Penn State Penalized for Sandusky Scandal

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jul 23, 2012 The NCAA, college football's governing body, hit Penn State with unprecedented penalties on Monday for not taking action after discovering that former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was molesting young boys. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Paterno Cover-Up

Rick McKee, Cagle Cartoons, The Augusta Chronicle Jul 14, 2012 Dig deeper

Joe Pa’s Shame

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Jul 13, 2012 Penn State's Board of Trustees commissioned former FBI Director Louis Freeh to investigate how child molester Jerry Sandusky -- for years one of Joe Paterno's most trusted and loyal assistants -- could have committed his awful crimes under the noses of university officials. The answer is simple and shocking: Those officials simply looked the other way. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Paterno and Others Hid Facts, Inquiry Says

Staff / Truthdig Jul 12, 2012 An investigation into the Penn State sexual abuse scandal determined that head football coach Joe Paterno and other senior officials knew for as long as 15 years that assistant coach Jerry Sandusky may have had sexual relationships with young boys. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Four Reasons to Watch the Super Bowl

By Robert Lipsyte, TomDispatch Feb 2, 2012 You might think that celebrating the holiest day of violence, consumerism and class warfare on your couch is a betrayal of your values or a waste of time Not this Sunday This election season, watch the game to understand how jobs, religion, leadership and health care dominate every American contest. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Lessons of JoePa, in Case the Next Witch We Hunt Doesn’t Drop Dead

Mark Heisler / Truthdig Jan 26, 2012 Unfortunately, most people will insist they were the ones insisting this was a witch hunt all along, and believe it. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Handoff

Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune Nov 14, 2011 Dig deeper