Student Debt Is Seriously Hurting Grads’ Mental and Physical Health

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Feb 17, 2015 A new study reveals what those of us carrying large loads of student debt probably already knew: Those college loan payments aren't hurting just your bank account. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

What College Students Can Teach Us About Beheadings and Our Own System of Capital Punishment

Bill Blum / Truthdig Sep 9, 2014 Last week, something happened to disrupt the Western superiority narrative of Middle Eastern beheadings, at least for me: I went back to college. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Jose Antonio Vargas’ ‘Documented’ on Plight of Undocumented to Air on CNN After Theatrical Release

Juan Cole / Truthdig May 5, 2014 I was privileged to see a special screening of Jose Antonio Vargas’ breathlessly awaited documentary, “Documented,” when I was in Los Angeles last week. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

USC Study Links Animal Protein Consumption to Cancer

Staff / Truthdig Mar 5, 2014 Could consuming a diet rich in animal protein be just as bad for you as smoking cigarettes? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Flack for Wal-Mart Poses as Journalist to Infiltrate Union Event

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 16, 2012 Working as a flack for a public relations company representing Wal-Mart, Stephanie Harnett committed one of the big no-nos of journalism by falsely identifying herself as a reporter. Using a phony name, she claimed to be a student journalist in order to infiltrate a union press conference earlier this month. This week Harnett left the PR company, Mercury Public Affairs. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Organizers, Not Occupiers: The Young People Working in the Shadows of a National Movement

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig May 2, 2012 By chance, the revelation of how Apple evades millions of dollars in taxes broke three days before May Day, when workers of the world traditionally protest such injustice.In Los Angeles, activists without the national reputation of Occupy struggle for change behind the scenes. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Romney and Lose-Lose Politics

Richard Reeves / Truthdig Apr 6, 2012 If Mitt Romney had walked by a room called The Forum at the University of Southern California last Wednesday, he would quit his presidential race right now. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Comes the Revolution

Richard Reeves / Truthdig Feb 17, 2012 Andrew Breitbart, the publisher of Breitbart.com and a couple of other popular websites, set the tone for a program at the University of Southern California last Wednesday by calling George Stephanopoulus of ABC News a little rat with a runny nose. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Social Media and the End of Gender’

Staff / Truthdig Feb 3, 2011 In this TED talk, Johanna Blakley of USC argues that "there is an upside to having your taste monitored" online. Rather than pigeonhole you in a demographic prison, the people who make entertainment are paying more attention to what you actually like -- especially if you're a woman. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Future of Journalism Is Written in Neon

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Apr 13, 2010 The salvation of journalism rests with young people who are talented, ambitious, intelligent, obsessive and crazy enough to jump into what is rapidly becoming a low-paying, insecure business. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Not With a Bang but a Twitter

Staff / Truthdig Apr 15, 2009 Can plugging into online social networks via Twitter or Facebook lead to some kind of computer-aided moral decline en masse? A study out of the University of Southern California's Brain and Creativity Institute seems to suggest that this may be an imminent side effect of living in information-overloaded societies. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )