Fall in New Cases Raises Hope in Virus Outbreak in China

KEN MORITSUGU / The Associated Press Feb 12, 2020 China's National Health Commission says 2,015 new cases were tallied on Tuesday, down from nearly 3,900 a week ago. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Ugly Jingoism Marring Trump’s Impeachment

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Jan 27, 2020 In their zeal to convict the president of high crimes, Democrats refuse to even question our aggressive, reckless policy in Eastern Europe. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trump Threatens Armageddon in Afghanistan

Nick Turse / TomDispatch Jan 6, 2020 Iran isn't the only country in the region where the president has signaled his intentions to commit war crimes on a massive scale. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

American History for Truthdiggers: Vietnam, a U.S. Tragedy

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Apr 20, 2019 Our military intervention there in the 1960s and ’70s cost 58,000 U.S. lives and created a gash in our nation's psyche that never healed. Dig deeper ( 27 Min. Read )

The U.S. Ignores Its Vietnamese Victims to This Day

Nick Turse / TomDispatch Oct 29, 2018 Decades after the Vietnam War, natives of the Mekong Delta share their stories of loss, hardship and enduring suffering. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Seymour Hersh on the State of American Journalism (Video)

Staff / Truthdig and Chris Hedges Jul 1, 2018 In a conversation with the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter, Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges wonders if the era of great journalism that Hersh embodies has passed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Chomsky Challenge for Americans

Paul Street / Truthdig Jun 13, 2018 Monstrous U.S. war crimes since the early 1950s have gone down George Orwell's "memory hole." Now, we have no concept of empathy—or reality. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Sex Trade’s Female Victims: ‘Spoiled Goods,’ Damaged Lives

Julie Bindel / Truthdig Apr 11, 2018 In Cambodia, South Africa and Albania—among other places—violence, poverty and extreme male dominance create a context in which men who pay for sex go uncensured, but the women and girls involved are permanently stigmatized. Dig deeper ( 23 Min. Read )

An Epic Film on the Vietnam War Stops Short

Barbara Myers / Truthdig Oct 20, 2017 The Ken Burns-Lynn Novick documentary fails to grapple with the issue of U.S. culpability. If America is not honest with itself, we will never learn the lessons of the war. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

A Union of Pimps and Johns

Julie Bindel / Truthdig May 19, 2017 Though backers of "sex worker" unions claim the groups promote rights, the women I interviewed seemed anything but empowered. (Pictured, Cambodian prostitutes.) Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

An Example of Capitalism Literally Milking the Poor

Julie Bindel / Truthdig Apr 19, 2017 A writer-activist fighting to end abuse of women explores the breast-milk trade in Cambodia. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

The Best We Could Do

Janice G. Raymond / Truthdig Apr 8, 2017 I thought graphic novels were kid stuff -- and there is no better book to prove me wrong than this turbulent memoir of a Vietnamese family. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )