Belief & Religion

Environment

America’s Mining Future Echoes Its Colonial Past

Johanna Hansel, Carla Samon Ros, Wyatt Myskow / Inside Climate News May 8, 2026 Companies have staked claims for more than 100 lithium mine projects. Tribes are among the most affected. Dig deeper ( 22 Min. Read )

Opinion

Goodbye Traditionalism, Hello Jesus Slop

Luke Savage / Truthdig May 6, 2026 Why the new Christian right looks so different from the old. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

TD Original

Reigniting the Patriarchy

Eleanor J. Bader / Truthdig Mar 12, 2026 New Heritage Foundation report wants to focus on the family — controlling it, that is. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Global Voices

Kashmiri Women Authors Are Defying Censorship and Prejudice

Zenaira Bakhsh / Truthdig Feb 27, 2026 For decades, Kashmir's story has been told by men. Now, women are penning a new chapter, capturing the complex and personal impacts of militarization and repression. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

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Jeffrey Epstein: The Transhumanist Pedophile Who Hoped to Live Forever

Émile P. Torres / Truthdig Feb 26, 2026 Emails reveal deep, close connections to a movement determined to use technology create a new race of “posthumans.” Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

TD Original

The Questionable Christian vs. the ‘Voice of the People’

Christopher Lord / Truthdig Feb 25, 2026 For the first time since Viktor Orbán rose to power, Hungary's voters have a choice. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

TD Original

The Many Faces of the World’s Biggest Neo-Fascist Network

Zeb Larson / Truthdig Feb 17, 2026 A new research project sheds light on the globe-spanning reach of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the movement behind India’s far-right BJP-led government. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Environment

Indigenous Concerns Surface as Trump Calls for Seabed Mining in Alaskan Waters

Anita Hofschneider / Grist Feb 6, 2026 “It really feels like another false solution.” Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

TD Original

Surrounded and Abandoned, Rojava Faces Slaughter

Matt Broomfield / Truthdig Jan 22, 2026 The U.S. terminates its decade-old relationship with Syria’s secular, feminist, Kurdish forces, leaving them once again to face an Islamist assault. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Global Voices

Beyond Boiling Point: Historic Iranian Protests Continue Despite Blackouts, Repression

Kamin Mohammadi / Truthdig Jan 12, 2026 Unverified reports suggest thousands of people may have been killed, while Trump threatens the country with military intervention. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Belief & Religion

The Creation of a MAGA Martyr

Jennifer Gerson / The 19th Jan 6, 2026 Ashli Babbitt was killed while trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election — and became proof to Trump and his followers that women need protection. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

TD Column

The Old Fangs of MAGA’s New Nativism

Conor Lynch / Truthdig Jan 2, 2026 No longer pretending to target only “criminals,” the GOP has embraced an older, uglier and explicitly white nationalist strain of anti-immigrant politics. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )