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Arts & Culture

The Israeli Filmmakers Behind ‘NAZA’ Might Lose Their Citizenship

Ken Bank / ZNetwork Sep 25, 2026 Netanyahu has pledged to advance two bills aimed at addressing what he calls the “immense damage” the documentary has done to Israeli soldiers. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Wounds of War

A Generation of Orphans

Macela Carmo dos Santos / FPIF Sep 23, 2026 From Sudan to Iran, children are losing their parents at a pace the world no longer finds shocking. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Politics

Pete Hegseth Wants to Be President

Pete Tucker / FAIR Sep 23, 2026 As he stumps in Iowa, the defense secretary is depending on a "replacement press corps" to rewrite his role in a disastrous war. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Americas

In Manta, Ecuador, a Community Is Devastated by U.S. Boat Strikes

Blair Goodman / NACLA Sep 22, 2026 As Ecuador and the U.S. continue their aggressive campaign in the Pacific, victims' families are trying to hold them accountable. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Military

Donald Trump Will Soon Have New Ways to Start a Nuclear War

Joe Cirincione / Truthdig Sep 21, 2026 Hawks inside and outside the Pentagon are preparing secret plans that would make nuclear war far more likely. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Ear to the Ground

Trump World Is Determined to Man Up

Truthdig staff / Truthdig Sep 21, 2026 Its embrace of misogyny has harmed decades of women's progress. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Middle East

To Understand the Houthis, Begin With Yemen

Yohannes Woldemariam / ZNetwork Sep 17, 2026 Iran’s degree of influence over the Houthis has always been complex — something to investigate, not assume. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Film

Reporting From the Rubble

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Sep 16, 2026 Ahmed Hassouna’s “Citizen Osama” is an extraordinary and intimate documentary about the life of a journalist in Gaza under siege. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Europe

Ukraine War Spreads to Arctic as Nuclear Tensions Escalate

Pavel Devyatkin / Responsible Statecraft Sep 16, 2026 Kyiv's strikes on Moscow's energy infrastructure in the Yamal region was the deepest, and likely most expensive yet. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Middle East

Trump’s Own Forever War

Harrison Berger / Responsible Statecraft Sep 14, 2026 With few good options available, the U.S. has left little hope for peace in the Middle East any time soon. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Opinion

Among the Rescuers at Ground Zero, Where Lives Were Ground to Dust

Christopher Ketcham / Truthdig Sep 11, 2026 A remembrance of a New Yorker of the day from hell. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Activism

The Anti-War Lessons of the Forever Wars

Mark Engler / Waging Nonviolence Sep 11, 2026 Historian Jeremy Varon on building counternarratives and what we can learn from the movement that turned the tide against the Iraq War. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )