A Disappearing Brazilian Tribe Cries Out

Staff / Truthdig Apr 23, 2012 Terrorized by gunmen, loggers, drug traffickers and encroaching farmers, the 355 surviving members of the Amazonian Awá tribe face extinction if the Brazilian government and the international community fail to protect them from what a Brazilian judge termed "a real genocide." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Democracy Building Is Back in Fashion

William Pfaff / Truthdig Jul 6, 2011 I heard a brilliant young Harvard scholar, influential in the Obama administration, explain that the future of successful American action in Central Asia lies in a "surge" of civilian political and developmental action to rescue the people of the region from their present backwardness. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

It’s Morning in China

Richard Reeves / Truthdig Dec 14, 2010 In 1982, Richard Nixon told me he thought that by the middle of this century the world would be dominated by Asians, primarily Chinese. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Obama’s Royal Passage to Asia

William Pfaff / Truthdig Nov 11, 2010 Like his royal British forerunners, the president, through his advisers and their policies, brings imperial ambitions to the largest and most populous continent. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Newt and the Closet Kenyan

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Sep 14, 2010 Is Newt Gingrich just pretending to have lost his mind, or has he actually gone around the bend? His lunacy certainly seems genuine enough. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Why Stephen Hawking Is Worried About Aliens

Staff / Truthdig Apr 26, 2010 The famed physicist is certain that there is alien life, but he's not convinced we would get Alf: "If aliens ever visit us, I think the outcome would be much as when Christopher Columbus first landed in America, which didn’t turn out very well for the Native Americans." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Forgiving Haiti’s Debt

Staff / Truthdig Feb 7, 2010 Call it pity or call it sensible politics, the G-7 nations have together pledged to cancel $1.2 billion in debt that Haiti owes them, something Global South activists have been requesting for all developing countries -- not just those hit by horrible earthquakes. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Love and Haiti

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Afghan Taliban Say They Have No International Agenda

Staff / Truthdig Oct 7, 2009 The U.S. has been fighting in Afghanistan for eight years. To mark the anniversary, the Afghan Taliban asserted themselves via an Internet statement Wednesday, claiming they had -- and have -- no intention of attacking other countries, but they will continue to fight against Western colonizers as long as they occupy the country. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama to Seek to End Africa’s Conflicts

Staff / Truthdig Jul 10, 2009 It seems that President Obama has finally taken Africa seriously -- and in a way that doesn't look like Bush-era health funding that reeks of an infomercial for Christian charity. In a speech on Saturday, Obama is expected to focus on the importance of democratic governance on the continent and will make the ending of conflicts a key diplomatic initiative. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Privatizing Health Care in the Third World

Staff / Truthdig Jun 19, 2009 For only $5 a month, you too can undermine a developing country's health infrastructure. Since 1990, foreign funding for "development assistance" has quadrupled, offering medical resources to the poor but also luring local health care workers away from government hospitals and toward more lucrative private companies. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Rich Nations Truant on Climate Pledges

Staff / Truthdig Feb 20, 2009 Analysis is finding that, amid the historic neglect that rich nations show toward the poor, developing countries have received less than 10 percent of the funds promised to them by the developed world. This comes as countries in the global south struggle to respond to the myriad concerns about global warming. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )