The U.S. Military’s #MeToo Reckoning That Wasn’t

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Feb 28, 2020 America has looked the other way amid a child-rape epidemic in Afghanistan. It's a scandal that speaks volumes about our imperial project. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The Things We See but Don’t Say in the Afghanistan War

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Feb 14, 2018 America’s Afghan "partners" are morally flawed and lack the legitimacy necessary for "victory." 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 )

Pro-Choice Protesters to Rally in Paraguay After Child Rape Victim Is Denied Abortion

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig May 28, 2015 The Catholic country in which, on average, two children under the age of 16 give birth each day, is facing backlash after authorities ordered a 10-year-old victim of sexual abuse to carry out her pregnancy. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

CDC Study Finds 1 in 5 U.S. Women Have Been Victims of Rape and That’s Not Even the Scariest Part

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Sep 6, 2014 A report recently published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that more than 23 million women and about 2 million men in the United States had been raped at some point during their lives. But other numbers in the findings are perhaps even more frightening. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Cardinal Mahony ‘Forgives’ Those Angry With Him Over Child Sex Abuse Scandal

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Feb 18, 2013 The level of narcissism and insensitivity displayed by the pedophile enabler in a blog post Thursday shows just how far removed he is from reality. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Defense Attorney Blames Child Victim for Being Gang Raped

Staff / Truthdig Nov 29, 2012 In a truly shameful and terrible act of victim blaming, a lawyer for one of the adult males charged in the gang rape of an 11-year-old Cleveland, Texas, girl likened the child survivor to a spider that lures victim into its web. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Polanski Speaks

Staff / Truthdig May 3, 2010 Declaring that he only wants "to be treated fairly like everyone else," auteur-in-exile Roman Polanski spoke out on his own behalf on Sunday via his ally Bernard-Henri Lévy's website, claiming that there are "no grounds" for his extradition to the U.S. to face charges related to his decades-old sexual assault case. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )