Truthdigger of the Week: Ed Markey, Longtime Supporter of Net Neutrality and Consumer Privacy

[Truthdig]( [Daily Headlines] Sunday, March 26, 2017 Featured Story [Truthdigger of the Week: Ed Markey, Longtime Supporter of Net Neutrality and Consumer Privacy]( By Emma Niles — The Massachusetts senator reinforced his commitment to consumer rights this week by strongly opposing a Senate resolution to roll back internet users’ privacy. [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( Ear to the Ground [Did the Koch Brothers Take Down the GOP Health Care Bill?]( By Emma Niles — Advocacy groups run by the billionaire siblings may have swayed enough Republicans to torpedo the American Health Care Act. [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Turkey’s President Erdogan Hurls ‘Nazi’ Epithets as He Pushes for More Power]( By Donald Kaufman — Campaigning for constitutional changes that would transform the Turkish government, he accuses countries that have blocked his efforts of harboring Hitleresque tendencies. [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( Reports [The Challenge to the Dakota Access Pipeline Isn’t Over: Cheyenne River Sioux Take Battle to Court]( By Emma Niles — Like the Standing Rock Sioux, the South Dakota tribe’s land and water supply is threatened by the controversial oil pipeline. [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Islamic State Is Encouraging Loner Attacks to Mask Its Decline]( By Juan Cole — The terrorist organization is playing a long game in trying to herd Europe’s tens of millions of Muslims into radicalism. [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( Arts & Culture [What Happened to the Female Directors of Hollywood? (Part 5)]( By Carrie Rickey — The final article in the series offers some closely guarded data about audience gender breakdowns, and insights from filmmakers Mira Nair (shown left), Ava DuVernay (shown right), Nancy Meyers and Stacy Title.  [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( A/V Booth [Chris Hedges Explains the Importance of ‘Robust’ Public Broadcasting (Video)]( The Truthdig columnist, whose talk show is nominated for a Daytime Emmy, joins correspondent Ashlee Banks to discuss why it’s crucial to broadcast dissident voices. [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [From the ‘Nation of Poets’ to Trump’s America, One Somali-Born Writer Is Giving Refugees a Voice]( Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer talks about the president’s “tribal rhetoric” with author Boyah Farah and discusses how Farah uses nonfiction to combat refugee stereotypes. Transcript added. [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( Cartoon [Puzzling [a cartoon from the United Arab Emirates]]( By Paresh Nath, The Khaleej Times, UAE / Cagle Cartoons [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Drilling Beneath the Headlines][Truthdig]( [Donate Today!]( [Follow Truthdig on Twitter]( [Follow Truthdig on Facebook]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}, by newsletter@truthdig.com [Support Truthdig]( | [Contact Us]( | [Unsubscribe]( | [Update Profile]( | [Forward To A Friend](