America’s Regime Change Toolbox

Barbara Koeppel / Truthdig Jun 29, 2018 Mainstream voices never mention that regime change pushed by one country against another is illegal. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

U.S. Military Plans as if Guantanamo Won’t Close for Decades

BEN FOX / The Associated Press Jun 7, 2018 The Pentagon asks Congress to approve money for a new super-max prison unit—with the understanding that prisoners will grow old in custody—some perhaps still without being convicted of a crime. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Cuba to Update Soviet-Era Constitution

ANDREA RODRIGUEZ / The Associated Press May 28, 2018 As they try to adapt to new times, officials say they will maintain a Communist Party-led system in which freedom of speech and other rights are limited by “the purposes of socialist society.” Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Airliner With at Least 110 Aboard Crashes in Cuba

ANDREA RODRIGUEZ and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN / The Associated Press May 18, 2018 The Boeing 737 went down Friday at Jose Marti International Airport while on a short-hop flight to the eastern city of Holguin. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

May Day in Cuba: ‘You’ve Got Strikes and Repression, but Here It’s a Party’

Staff / Truthdig May 2, 2018 The average state salary in Cuba is about $31 a month—so what are they celebrating? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Uncle Sam, the Human Rights Hypocrite

Paul Street / Truthdig May 2, 2018 The U.S. sees itself as a humanitarian City on a Hill, fit to judge other nations while giving itself an "exceptionalist" free pass on violations. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Miguel Diaz-Canel, 57, to Be Cuba’s Next President

MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN and ANDREA RODRIGUEZ / The Associated Press Apr 18, 2018 His selection is the centerpiece of an effort to ensure that the country's single-party system outlasts the aging revolutionaries who created it. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

10 Reasons Why We Should Oppose John Bolton

Medea Benjamin / Truthdig Mar 29, 2018 He is a warmonger, and his appointment to be Donald Trump's national security adviser presents a threat to global security. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Our Criminal Justice System Serves to Protect the Villains

Lee Camp / Truthdig Mar 27, 2018 Actions in the United States that are illegal versus legal are inverted from what they should be in an evolved culture. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Phony Democracy Lives in Darkness

Fangman Michael / Truthdig Mar 22, 2018 Paul Ryan's duplicitous pet project to cut Social Security is symptomatic of America's pathological political system. Don't fall for the scam. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

U.S. Embassy Cuts in Cuba Made Permanent After Health Scare

JOSH LEDERMAN and MATTHEW LEE / The Associated Press Mar 2, 2018 The downsizing and an American travel warning have had significant effects for Cuba's economy and citizens. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Health Attacks’ on U.S. Diplomats in Cuba Remain a Mystery

LAURAN NEERGAARD and JOSH LEDERMAN / The Associated Press Feb 14, 2018 A detailed report by medical scientists says American Embassy personnel suffered a "disability of a significant nature," but it can offer no diagnosis. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )