Slow Colonial Genocide: Palestinian Leader Abbas Asks Britain for ‘Balfour’ Apology

By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Sep 23, 2016 This extended colonialism is unparalleled in the whole world: No other colonial power now existing is keeping millions stateless and without rights. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Was America Great When It Burned Native American Babies? (Audio and Transcript)

Staff / Truthdig Aug 5, 2016 Benjamin Madley, a history professor and author, joins Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer to talk about a too-little-known part of California's history: the government-supported massacres of indigenous people. Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )

Letting Tarzan Swing Through History

By Adam Hochschild / TomDispatch Jul 20, 2016 Tarzan’s remarkable foresight in vanquishing the Belgian evildoers before the worst of King Leopold II's reign of terror opens the door for his future films, where our hero stops historical catastrophes in their early stages. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Pro-Fracking, Pro-Colonialism, Anti-Single Payer: The Democrats’ Platform Sucks

By Nika Knight / Common Dreams Jul 11, 2016 Progressives vow to "take the fight to Philadelphia" and battle for a stronger platform at the Democratic Party convention. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Clintonites in Democratic Party Support Settler Colonialism (Not a 1905 Headline)

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jul 10, 2016 The Clinton loyalists debating the Democratic Party platform have defeated an amendment that would have called for an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestine and condemned Israeli squatter settlements as illegal. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Puerto Rico in Crisis as Obama Authorizes Federal Financial Control (Multimedia)

Staff / Truthdig Jul 1, 2016 Puerto Ricans took to the streets Thursday to protest what they see as a return to colonialist policy after President Obama signed an emergency measure to put the island’s finances under the oversight of the federal government.Puerto Ricans took to the streets Thursday to protest after President Obama signed an emergency measure to put the island’s finances under the oversight of the federal government. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Historian Weighs In on Racism and Economic Inequality

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 1, 2015 What were “slavery, colonialism, Jim Crow, and urban apartheid if not extreme forms of economic inequality?” Seth Ackerman asks in the magazine Jacobin. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Is Everything We Were Told About the Amazon a Lie?

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jul 23, 2015 Turns out the Amazonian rain forest may have looked very different than we imagine just a few hundred years ago. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Ukraine Is in Crisis. Here’s Why the West Can’t Save It.

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 13, 2015 A video roundtable hosted by Truthdig Assistant Editor Alexander Reed Kelly explains why the IMF, Europe and Western corporations don’t have the country’s best interests at heart. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Ethiopians ‘Tortured, Oppressed and Silenced’ Into Surrendering Land to Foreign Investors

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 16, 2015 First-person testimony published Tuesday tallies the human cost of Ethiopia’s “villagization” program, in which tens of thousands of people have been forced from their ancestral homes to make way for large-scale commercial agriculture. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

For the World’s Sake: Revolution in the United States

By Garry Leech Nov 13, 2014 As a result of the United States' disproportionate political, economic and military power, 121 million American voters hold the fate of billions in their hands every four years. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

The Right to Resist

Scott Tucker / Truthdig Jul 14, 2014 Narrowing the argument over Palestine to an inner circle of Israeli Jews would give us a better chance of choosing our favorite champions of justice without risking the charge of anti-Semitism. But we must break out into risk and freedom. If we are digging for truth, Haneen Zoabi deserves a wider hearing. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )