By Frank DorrelSep 27, 2016
The U.S. is addicted to war. Stopping this horrible situation is up to the American people. The way we do this is by getting informed. These documentaries can help. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )
By Adam Hochschild / TomDispatchJul 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 )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMay 15, 2015
A review of the way gatherer-hunters live in our own time suggests that the gender inequality observed today did not exist for the vast majority of our evolutionary history. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigMay 14, 2015
Driven by war and poverty, millions of people are on the move, putting their lives at risk. But rather than explore the reasons, authorities lock them up or threaten them with force. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigOct 9, 2014
On Thursday, a day after the Ebola virus claimed the first person diagnosed with the disease in the U.S., the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention invoked another recent and ongoing health crisis while fundraising in Washington, D.C. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigMay 16, 2014
What happens when millions of Africans die in a conflict in which some of the world's most desired natural resources are at stake? Very little, it turns out.Is it true that atrocities in Africa garner little international attention because the victims are black? Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 14, 2014
It's not just Uganda. The Democratic Republic of the Congo could become the 38th African country to ban homosexuality. A politician in Kenya, meanwhile, is demanding enforcement of a colonial law that criminalizes gay sex. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Nomi Prins / TruthdigFeb 28, 2014
If the Congolese can maintain hope in their horrific circumstances, and journalists like Michael Deibert literally risk their lives to bring us their stories, then it's our human obligation to read them.If the Congolese can maintain hope in horrific circumstances, and journalists like Michael Deibert risk their lives to bring us their stories, then it's our human obligation to read them. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 19, 2013
Although more than half of the women in the world who die during childbirth perish in sub-Saharan Africa, the Republic of Congo’s government has efficiently allotted funds toward improving infant delivery conditions. The results have been a 50 percent decrease in maternal deaths in the past 10 years. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 15, 2010
Rebel militias in the Democratic Republic of the Congo carried out mass rapes in the eastern part of the country in July and August Now UN-backed Congolese "peacekeeping" troops are being accused of murdering and raping villagers in the same area So who are the good guys, again?. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Amy Goodman / TruthdigSep 1, 2010
The author of the hit play "The Vagina Monologues" sat down with me last week, in the midst of her battle with uterine cancer, to talk about New Orleans and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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