Truthdigger of the Week: Offshore-Banking Whistleblower Hervé Falciani
Nov 30, 2015 The leaks engineered by "the Edward Snowden of banking" have brought to light malpractice that is costing government treasuries hundreds of billions of dollars each year. The IT expert's action has earned him a five-year prison sentence given in absentia.
Truthdigger of the Week: Bidhya Devi Bhandari, Nepal’s First Female President
Nov 1, 2015 Bhandari’s pro-democracy campaigning is helping to end the oppressive legacies of a monarchy that lasted 240 years in the country she now heads.
Truthdigger of the Week: The Colorado Family Planning Initiative
Jul 12, 2015 The politics of control over the female body often stand in the way of health and safety, but one program has done an unprecedented job of putting women’s well-being and futures into their own hands.
Truthdigger of the Week: Pope Francis
Jun 22, 2015 His extraordinary call for saving the ecosystem has resonated with the global community. The question now is: Will Earth’s people, both ordinary and powerful, act on his message to prevent the planet from becoming a “pile of filth”?
Truthdigger of the Week: Juan Felipe Herrera, the Next U.S. Poet Laureate
Jun 15, 2015 The Californian has been a powerful voice in telling the Latino story, but his reach is not limited by culture. In his new post he wants to use poetry as a force for unity—“to bring us closer together. That’s the heart of it.”
Truthdiggers of the Week: Edward Snowden and Rand Paul
Jun 6, 2015 These strange bedfellows, who share the view that unrestricted government spying is a violation of the Constitution, were the major forces in ending the NSA’s bulk collection of Americans’ phone records and passing the USA Freedom Act.
Truthdigger of the Week: Whistleblower John Kiriakou
May 31, 2015 The former CIA agent has seen his life ripped apart by the government because he revealed CIA torture. However, he continues to stand up for truth and humaneness and against a system that views all of us as undiscovered felons.
Truthdigger of the Week: Columnist William Pfaff
May 9, 2015 The writer, who died April 30, loved his native U.S. but was saddened by its behavior. Over decades, he consistently called for enlightened policy devoid of fearmongering and misinformation.
Truthdigger of the Week: USC Athletic Director Pat Haden
Apr 5, 2015 It is difficult to imagine American culture having become more accepting of homosexuality without the aggressive support of public figures like Pat Haden.
Truthdigger of the Week: Carmen Aristegui
Mar 29, 2015 The highly regarded Mexican radio show host said that her recent firing was a case of repression of press liberties and that if privileged journalists can be attacked, "imagine the level of vulnerability for other journalists in Mexico.”
