Impeachment Is Designed for Presidents Like Trump

Bill Blum / Truthdig Aug 6, 2019 Trump is an established racist and fascist. House Democrats have a responsibility to act, regardless of how the Senate responds. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

An American Tragedy: Empire at Home and Abroad

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Jul 23, 2019 Aggressive policing, mass incarceration and inhumane detention facilities are products of overseas empire—imperial chickens come home to roost. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Migrant Child Drawings Depict Jail-Like Scenes of Detention

The Associated Press Jul 5, 2019 The release of the drawings follows warnings from a government watchdog about overcrowded South Texas facilities holding migrant families. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Trump’s Lies Destroy Immigrants’ Lives

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Jun 28, 2019 The harrowing headlines about people killed trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border tell only one part of the complex story on the ground. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

As Immigrant Deaths Pile Up, We Need to Find Our Moral Compass

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Jun 27, 2019 Now’s the time—actually, well past time—to push back against Trump’s inhumane immigration policies. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Ocasio-Cortez Is Right—We Are Running Concentration Camps

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Jun 20, 2019 The Congress member is under fire for using the term to describe holding facilities for refugees and other undocumented entrants into the U.S. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Study Suggests Trauma’s Effects Can Register Across Generations

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Aug 24, 2015 This could be the stuff of a scientific breakthrough: A research team out of Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City has published a study that points to the possibility that trauma sustained by one generation can actually be passed down, in a sense, to children and maybe even farther down the genetic chain. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Are Israelis and Zionists Really Talking About a Final Solution of the Palestinian Problem?

Juan Cole / Truthdig Aug 2, 2014 The Times of Israel published and then removed from its site an essay by Yochanan Gordon that openly called for genocide against the Palestinians of Gaza. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Desert of Israeli Democracy

By Max Blumenthal, TomDispatch Oct 14, 2013 While Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ranted against Iran, his government was preparing to implement the Prawer Plan, a blueprint for the expulsion of 40,000 indigenous Bedouin citizens of Israel into state-run, reservation-style townships -- just one element of an emerging program to dominate all space and the lives of all people between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Locking Down an American Workforce

By Steve Fraser and Joshua B. Freeman, TomDispatch Apr 20, 2012 Prisoners, whose ranks increasingly consist of those for whom the legitimate economy has found no use, make up a virtual brigade within the reserve army of the unemployed whose ranks have ballooned along with the U.S. incarceration rate. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

Three Jailed for Auschwitz Sign Heist

Staff / Truthdig Mar 18, 2010 Stealing the infamous "Work Sets You Free" sign from Auschwitz has landed three men in the slammer. On Thursday, a Polish court in Krakow doled out relatively short prison sentences to the trio, who admitted to the crime and thus skipped a trial. (continued) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Stolen Auschwitz Sign Found in Pieces

Staff / Truthdig Dec 21, 2009 "Arbeit macht frei." Work makes you free. Those three German words sat over the entrance to the Auschwitz concentration camp in southern Poland for the better part of a century until the 16-foot, 90-pound sign went missing Friday. Police found it in northern Poland on Sunday, cut into three pieces. Five men were arrested. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )