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Fasting While Starving, Gazans Struggle To Mark Ramadan

Ruwaida Kamal Amer, Ibtisam Mahdi / +972 Magazine Mar 20, 2025 Palestinians gather with surviving family members to observe the holiday in the rubble, even as Israel prevents the flow of food into the Strip. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Global Voices

The Forgotten Minority of the Occupied Territories

Moran Barkai / Truthdig Feb 28, 2025 Amoun Sleem fights to give the minority Domari community of East Jerusalem pride and hope for a better future. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Ear to the Ground

There Is No Such Thing as Ironic Nazism

Truthdig staff / Truthdig Feb 28, 2025 The Free Press — that bastion of anti-antisemitism — thinks the GOP embracing the Nazi salute is mostly a messaging issue. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Opinion

Turning the Tide

Ralph Nader / Nader.org Jan 21, 2025 Now is the time for assessing the assets of the citizenry and putting them to work. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Arts & Culture

‘Wicked,’ ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and the Blacklisted Lyricist Yip Harburg

Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan / DemocracyNow! Jan 3, 2025 Now is a good time to remember the man who dignified the downtrodden, the working class and immigrants. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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Israel’s Downward Spiral

Arun Gupta / Truthdig Jan 2, 2025 The nation's success on the battlefield masks the beating it is taking as an international pariah. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Belief & Religion

The Complex Relationship Between Faith Organizations and Disaster Relief

Katie Myers / Grist Dec 24, 2024 Church volunteers feel called to help hurricane victims. That means fulfilling a mandate to alleviate suffering. For some, it also includes proselytizing. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

A gunsligner dressed in navy blue reaches for his gun as he looks at the album cover for Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Tex Johnson and His Six Shooters. The two images appear in front of a swirling, hynpotic graphic that is reminiscent of the Twilight Zone.

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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Enigma

Jim Knipfel / Truthdig Dec 23, 2024 Where did Tex Johnson’s elusive Christmas album come from? Who recorded it? And why do so many people spend their lives searching for it? Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Activism

The Untaught History of Indigenous Resistance

Avik Jain Chatlani / Prism Nov 27, 2024 Across the Americas, the memorization of battles is prioritized over a more comprehensive study of history. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

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