Belief & Religion

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 )

Africa

Trump’s Christmas Day Strikes Raise the Question: Why Sokoto?

Taiwo Hassan / Responsible Statecraft Dec 29, 2025 The U.S. hit a majority Muslim area in Nigeria where ISIS has a questionable foothold and Christians are not being killed. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

TD Column

We’re All in the Snowglobe, Now

Jeb Lund / Truthdig Dec 23, 2025 The Hallmark Christmas movie enters the 21st century. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Science

MAGA Distrusts Science. We Must Find a Way to Change That.

Paul M. Sutter / Undark Dec 19, 2025 Funding cuts are devastating for U.S. science. Regaining support will require cleaning house and bipartisan messaging. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Social Justice

The Ohio Grandma Racing to Help Haitian Families as Deportations Near

Amanda Becker / The 19th Dec 15, 2025 In Springfield, a city transformed by Haitian immigrants, Casey Rollins says she feels like the “town crier” warning of a looming family separation crisis. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Immigration

Minnesota Was Promised to Us

Faisal Ali / Africa Is A Country Dec 12, 2025 Somalis have answered Trump’s latest racist tirade not with outrage but with a tidal wave of trolling. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

The New Normal: Trump Decides Which Beliefs Are ‘Legal’

Thom Hartmann / The Hartmann Report Dec 10, 2025 When dissent becomes an “indicator,” the First Amendment stops being a right and starts being a risk… Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )