Opinion

What, to the Colonized, Is the Fourth of July?

Lola Rosario / Prism Jul 2, 2026 For 128 years, the U.S. has treated Puerto Rico as unequal. Yet many on the Caribbean archipelago and across the diaspora celebrate their colonizer’s freedom. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Film

Memories of Murder, Premonitions of Ecocide

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig May 8, 2026 A documentary about Indigenous land rights wrestles with Argentina’s colonial legacy. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Politics

Import the War, Export the Border

Dylan Saba / n+1 Feb 23, 2026 Marco Rubio's and AOC's visions for American empire after liberal internationalism are more similar than they might initially appear. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

TD Column

Sovereignty for Some: Racism, Immigration and the Global Tax Order

Steven Dean and Sarah Sherman-Stokes / Truthdig Nov 4, 2025 How an obscure 20th-century tax rule ensured that newly decolonized nations would never fully escape the orbit of their colonizers. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Opinion

Who Are the Real Barbarians?

Aviva Chomsky / TomDispatch Apr 11, 2025 At home and abroad, the Trump administration has doubled down on an anachronistic and violent colonial worldview. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Americas

Is Coca Prohibition Nearing Its End?

Mattha Busby / Filter Jan 29, 2025 An upcoming WHO review could be a step in the reclassification of coca—or even decriminalization. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Books

The Fraught History of the Mississippi River

Jake Bittle / Grist Jun 21, 2024 A new book tells the modern history of the "Big Muddy" as a tragedy wrought by colonial hubris. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Activism

Unlikely Solidarity Arises in Hawaii’s Clean Water and Justice Movement

LIBBY LEONARD / Yes! Magazine Feb 20, 2024 After a 2021 leak at the U.S. military’s Red Hill fuel storage facility poisoned thousands, activists, Native Hawaiians, and affected military families have become unlikely allies in the fight for accountability. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

TD Original

‘Bringing Hope to Power’ in Puerto Rico   

Paul Figueroa / Truthdig Jan 9, 2024 Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Environment

Big Oil and Carbon Colonialism Cast Shadow on COP28

Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan / Democracy Now! Dec 11, 2023 The Kick Big Polluters Out coalition of environmental groups released an analysis revealing that close to 2,500 fossil fuel lobbyists have flooded COP28. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Technology

Is the Much-Feared ‘Dystopian AI Future’ Already Here?

Beatrice Dias / FAIR Nov 24, 2023 Media narratives on the existential threat of AI look to industry leaders for advice, instead of examining the underlying systemic issues. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Environment

Indigenous Women Are Reclaiming and Restoring Ancestral Land

Jessica Kutz / The 19th Nov 22, 2023 Corrina Gould, co-founder of Sogorea Te’ Land Trust, explains the concept behind rematriation and how it extends beyond the movement to return land to tribes. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )