Open Letter Urges New York Times to Help Reverse ‘Culture of Silence’ on Child Sexual Abuse

Staff / Truthdig Aug 14, 2016 More than three dozen survivors of abuse and their advocates want the Times to provide better coverage of the crimes—and address a potential conflict of interest. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

When Children Witness Violence at Home

Truthdig staff / Truthdig Aug 3, 2016 Without interventions, youngsters exposed to toxic conflict in the household can carry scars throughout their lives. Here are some innovative ways to help the most vulnerable victims as the start of school approaches. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Pope Francis Abandons Proposal to Prosecute Bishops for Covering Up Abuse

Staff / Truthdig Jun 5, 2016 Although the pontiff initially proposed a tribunal that would hold bishops accountable for protecting pedophile priests, he announced Saturday that he will instead clarify existing legal procedures. Although the pontiff initially proposed a tribunal that would hold bishops accountable for protecting pedophile priests, he announced Saturday that he will instead clarify existing legal procedures. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Elijah Wood: Hollywood Is Rife With Organized Child Abuse

Staff / Truthdig May 23, 2016 The "Lord of the Rings" star and former child actor draws parallels between the U.S. entertainment scene and attacks attributed to the late British TV star Jimmy Savile. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Writer Chris Arnade: The Heroin Users I Know Suffered Nightmarish Childhoods

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 29, 2016 What do many adults who use heroin have in common? “Their childhoods were spent dealing with problems that would break most adults,” explains Chris Arnade at The Guardian. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Pity the Children

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Feb 1, 2016 If we continue to ignore the hunger, poverty and desperate families and communities of our young, we guarantee there will be a huge, violent population plagued by crime, drug addiction and high incarceration rates. If we save the children, we save society. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Negligent Federal Policy Puts Migrant Children in Danger

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 26, 2016 Some of the tens of thousands of children who have fled violence in Central America were sexually assaulted, starved or forced to work for little or no pay after U.S. officials weakened child protection policies as part of an effort to accommodate a surge in migration. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Report: Nebraska Routinely Holds Children in Solitary Confinement

Staff / Truthdig Jan 7, 2016 A civil rights report reveals that young offenders in the state's detention facilities are sometimes put in isolation for days, weeks or months for “relatively minor infractions.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

We Won’t Fix Inequality by Tweaking Capitalism

Staff / Truthdig Dec 9, 2015 The disparities in wealth that we term "income inequality" happened by design, writes social critic Stephen Thrasher. And “they can’t be fixed by fiddling at the edges of our current economic system.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Spotlight’ Film Review: A Paean to Big-City Print Journalism in Its Twilight

By John Patterson Nov 6, 2015 Writer-director Tom McCarthy's stirring drama celebrates old-fashioned newspaper investigation by telling a real-life story: how The Boston Globe exposed child abuse among Catholic priests. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Murder, Mayhem and Rape in Afghanistan: Made in the U.S.A.

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Sep 24, 2015 Central to our policy in Afghanistan—a country ravaged and warped by the longest war the U.S. has ever waged—is keeping the warlords as our friends. Americans are ordered to look the other way when these drug-dealing criminals sexually abuse small boys. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

‘Prophet’s Prey’ Film Review: This American Horror Story Is All Too Real

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Sep 23, 2015 Amy Berg's disturbing documentary on the Warren Jeffs polygamist sect zooms in on a story that oozes with archetypal evil. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )