Stop Ignoring AIDS and Africa

Staff / Truthdig Jun 5, 2007 Stephanie Nolen, the last Western journalist covering the AIDS beat in Africa, tells Truthdig it is unfortunate but true that the more people die, the less people care, which is why she has decided to get personal with a new book that approaches the crisis from a different perspective. Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )

Speeding Past Compassion

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Elephants Have Capacity for Compassion, Study Says

Staff / Truthdig Aug 9, 2006 The study detailed the way elephants responded with apparent concern to a member that fell ill and died, a relative rarity in the animal kingdom. Rarer still is evidence suggesting that elephants of the political type mean to make good on their promise to infuse their conservatism with compassion. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )