Building a More Equitable World, One Story at a Time

Eric Ortiz, Chaumtoli Huq and Elbert Garcia Apr 9, 2018 Can community newsrooms—media powered by the people, for the people—rebuild public trust in the news? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

How to Build a Progressive Movement in a Polarized Country

George Lakey / Waging Nonviolence Mar 16, 2018 From coast to coast, activists in the United States wonder: Does this condition leave us stuck? No. We have a roadmap to progress. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Tronc, the Trump of Journalism

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Jan 31, 2018 The publishing company and the president share the same volatile behavior, incompetent planning and management, and scorn for the rights of individuals. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

In Some Cases of Elder Abuse, Banks Facilitated Financial Exploitation

By Colton Lochhead / Las Vegas Review-Journal Sep 24, 2016 Legal guardians appointed for the elderly don't always have their wards' interests in mind and are able to steal thousands with the support of judicial and economic systems. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Information or Disinformation? Only 32 Percent of Americans Trust the Media

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Sep 17, 2016 A new Gallup Poll shows the steepest decline since 1972 in public confidence in the accuracy and fairness of news reporting. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Social Networks Diminish Personal Well-Being, Researchers Say

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 30, 2014 Two researchers set out to determine "whether the use of online networks reduces subjective well-being and if so, how," the MIT Technology Review reports. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Poll Shows Americans Don’t Trust Each Other Like They Used To

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 30, 2013 Just one-third of Americans say most of their fellow citizens can be trusted today, compared with half of the population in 1972, the General Social Survey found. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A Question of Trust

Staff / Truthdig Sep 30, 2011 A recent study from the University of California, Berkeley, reports that people who are more easily embarrassed may also be more trustworthy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

What Would Robert Reich Do?

Staff / Truthdig Aug 12, 2010 Today on the list: What Robert Reich wants to do about jobs, why liberals don't win and how Oxytocin increases trust (guess that explains modern politics, Whole Foods and Rush Limbaugh). Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Poll Shows Obama Up, Doubts on Clinton’s Honesty

Staff / Truthdig Apr 16, 2008 As the race for the Democratic nomination slogs ahead, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows Barack Obama with a 10-point national lead over Hillary Clinton, with the added insult of six in 10 voters seeing Clinton as neither honest nor trustworthy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Trust

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Poll: Most Don’t Trust Bush on Iran

Staff / Truthdig Apr 14, 2006 Forty-eight percent support striking Iran if it continues down its nuclear course, but a majority do not trust the president to make the "right decision," according to an L.A. Times-Bloomberg poll. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )