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 )

Robert Scheer: U.S. Pledge of $90 Million to Laos Glosses U.S. History of Terrorizing Civilians

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 9, 2016 If the word "terrorism" has any meaning, it applies to the U.S. bombings in Laos during the Vietnam War, says Truthdig's editor in chief. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

What Does Wal-Mart Have to Do With the 2016 Election?

Staff / Truthdig Sep 1, 2016 With over $480 billion in total annual revenue, the U.S.' largest private employer wields immense power just in how it treats its workers at home and abroad. Their struggle for dignity and rights will continue after the last ballots are counted in November. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Climate Change Helped Trigger Ancient Angkor’s Fall

By Kieran Cooke / Climate News Network Mar 4, 2016 Scientific evidence is growing that the decline of once-mighty Angkor, the famed temple site in modern Cambodia, was in large part due to abrupt climate change. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The American Empire: Murder Inc.

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jan 4, 2016 Investigative journalist Allan Nairn knows firsthand how the U.S. uses mass killing as a routine tool of foreign policy. The horrifying tactics of Islamic State, he says, are an imitation of what we have been doing and what we have been teaching our international proxies for generations. Update: Video added. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Kissinger, the Bombardier: How Diplomacy by Air Power Became an All-American Tradition

By Greg Grandin / TomDispatch Nov 9, 2015 Henry Kissinger's example has coursed through the decades, shedding a spectral light on the road that has brought us to a state of eternal war. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

Born Slaves: Child Labor in an ‘Adultocratic’ World

Lydia Cacho / Truthdig Mar 11, 2015 Injustice doesn’t have the same meaning for the average reader of this site as it does for a child who has grown up in precarious conditions, subjected to racism, a lack of emotional education and cultural training. Injustice doesn’t have the same meaning for the average reader of this site as it does for a child who has been forced to work. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The Whoredom of the Left

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Mar 9, 2015 If we accept prostitution as legal, we will take one more collective step toward the global plantation being constructed by our corporate pimps. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Obama’s Budding Cambodia Policy in Syria

Juan Cole / Truthdig Aug 23, 2014 Former British ambassador to the United States Sir Christopher Meyer is advocating that the U.S. and Western Europe stop advocating the overthrow of the Baath regime of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad and instead coordinate with it to move against the so-called Islamic State. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Let My People Go

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Aug 11, 2014 Chris Hedges delivered this address Saturday in New York City before demonstrators marched to UN headquarters in support of the people of Gaza The event was part of a day of international protest against the Israeli military assault on Palestinians. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Factory Collapse Kills Two Workers in Cambodia

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 17, 2013 Two people are dead after part of the concrete roof of a factory that manufactures Asics shoes in Cambodia collapsed on workers, officials say. Police report at least six people were injured. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )