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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 )

Women

The ‘Quiet, Piggy’ Presidency

Karen J. Greenberg / TomDispatch Jan 7, 2026 The many forms of Donald Trump’s deep and abiding contempt for women. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Global Voices

Haiti’s Youth Face Impossible Psychological Dilemma

Magdala Louis, Lucnise Duquereste / Truthdig Dec 19, 2025 Trapped by shuttered schools, few jobs, violence and closed borders, a generation of Haitians is suffering a devastating mental health crisis. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Prison Reform

Memo: Trump Administration to End Prison Rape Protections for Trans and Intersex People

Adam Rhodes / Prism Dec 5, 2025 A Department of Justice memo obtained by Prism says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Immigration

Her Baby Was in the NICU. She Was in ICE Detention

Mel Leonor Barclay, Shefali Luthra / The 19th Dec 4, 2025 Nayra Guzmán was arrested 15 days after her daughter’s difficult birth. Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Global Voices

Syria’s Gender Divide Intensifies: Equality in the North, Patriarchal Pushback in the South

Khabat Abbas / Truthdig Nov 25, 2025 Syrian women are upping the ante after Assad, citing Rojava’s model as an example to guarantee women’s participation in decision-making. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Global Voices

In Defiance of the Law, Iranian Women Shed the Hijab

Kamin Mohammadi / Truthdig Nov 19, 2025 The government’s confusing approach reveals internal divisions and an inability to appease a furious populace. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Opinion

Honor and Shame in the Era of Epstein

Robert Reich / Substack Nov 19, 2025 A journalist's murder is downplayed and the dismantling of the government is exalted, but being friends with a pedophile is still wrong. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

How the White House Intervened on Behalf of Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation

Robert Faturechi, Avi Asher-Schapiro / ProPublica Nov 19, 2025 Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

TD Column

Round Up the Usual Suspect

Jeb Lund / Truthdig Nov 13, 2025 The media version of Donald Trump isn't the one leaving his DNA at the crime scene. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

TD Original

Covert Classrooms and Invisible Incomes: How Afghan Women Are Resisting

Saeedullah Safi / Truthdig Nov 13, 2025 By forging creative and invisible networks that allow them to survive, they are finding a way to be free despite the Taliban bans. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )