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The new report by Harm Reduction International details the scope of spending by wealthy nations on policies that hurt poor and marginalized communities. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Jake Johnson / Common DreamsAug 27, 2019
In an op-ed for the Columbia Journalism Review, the 2020 hopeful reveals how he'd stop big media mergers and bolster independent news. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
The Associated PressJan 23, 2019
Ivan Duque speaks out after Juan Guaido, the head of Venezuela's opposition-controlled congress, declares himself interim president. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )
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MANUEL RUEDA and CESAR GARCIA / The Associated PressAug 7, 2018
Ivan Duque, the protege of a powerful right-wing former president, promises to "make corrections" to a peace deal with leftist rebels that has divided the country and to crack down on armed groups still roaming the countryside. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
SCOTT SMITH / The Associated PressAug 5, 2018
Those detained are suspected of using explosives-laden drones in trying to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro. The attack comes as Venezuela reels from a worsening economic and humanitarian crisis. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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The Filipina writer talks about her passion for literature, the influence of poet Kenneth Rexroth and adapting "The Gangster of Love." Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
JOSHUA GOODMAN / The Associated PressApr 10, 2018
Leaders of Colombia's disbanded FARC rebel army accuse the U.S. of trapping a prominent rebel negotiator on a drug warrant in order to sabotage the country's already struggling peace process. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Roisin Davis / TruthdigJun 10, 2015
President Rafael Correa has announced radical plans to support refugees and asylum seekers. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
By Peter Dreier, TruthoutFeb 29, 2012
C. Wright Mills, the radical Columbia University sociologist who died 50 years ago at age 45, warned that America was becoming a nation of "cheerful robots," corrupted by an economic elite and heading toward a third world war. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 13, 2010
Juanita Goggins, a trailblazing civil rights activist and the first black woman elected to South Carolina's state Legislature, was found dead in her Columbia, S.C., home last week after dying there sometime last month. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 24, 2008
Just after Barack Obama was elected president, The Washington Post published the affecting story of former White House butler Eugene Allen -- and Hollywood was definitely paying attention. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 15, 2008
Debates about gender equality in the sciences are nothing new, but now the stakes may be higher for universities with science funding from the federal government to prove that sexual discrimination isn't present in their departments. Title IX isn't just for sports anymore. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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