Lital Khaikin

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A freelance journalist and author currently based in Montréal, Lital Khaikin writes on humanitarian issues at the intersection of conflict, social policy and environmental issues for independent publications in Canada and the US. She...

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Conservationists Endorse the Age of Synthetic Biology

Lital Khaikin / Truthdig Oct 28, 2025 Delegates at the World Conservation Congress debated the wisdom of releasing GMOs into the wild, but rejected calls for a moratorium. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

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NATO War-Games Climate Collapse

Lital Khaikin / Truthdig Oct 15, 2025 In Montreal, the alliance discusses planetary tipping points — without the input of a U.S. government that has chosen to fly blind. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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Greed Is a Hell of a Drug

Lital Khaikin / Truthdig Oct 8, 2025 Gilead’s lenacapavir price drop is a smoke screen for monopoly medicine. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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‘The Amazon Is Not for Sale’

Lital Khaikin / Truthdig Sep 30, 2025 In New York, Amazonian Indigenous nations denounce a planned auction of the Ecuadorian Amazon. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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The End of Canada’s Geographical Naivete

Lital Khaikin / Truthdig May 19, 2025 With a threatening and unpredictable U.S. to the south and a mining scramble in the Arctic, Canada struggles in a new security landscape. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

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Privatizing the Building Blocks of Life

Lital Khaikin / Truthdig Oct 21, 2024 At COP16, delegates will debate how to police the shadowy world of bioinformatics databases. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

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The Gruesome Frontier of Thermobaric Weapons

Lital Khaikin / Truthdig May 16, 2024 As these “heat and pressure” explosive munitions become more widely used, observers say international law is “utterly inadequate.” Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )