Global Voices

La resistencia tiene rostro de mujer en El Salvador

Suchit Chávez / Truthdig Sep 29, 2025 En un país en donde los espacios cívicos y la democracia han ido en picada, las mujeres y miembros de la comunidad LGBTQIA+ son actualmente la resistencia más numerosa que aún persiste. Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )

TD Original

Beating Back Bukele’s War on ‘Gender Ideology’

Suchit Chávez / Truthdig Sep 29, 2025 Women and the LGBTQIA+ community have become the faces of resistance against the far-right Salvadoran government. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Politics

Rubio Takes Annual Human Rights Report to New Cynical Heights

Annelle Sheline / Responsible Statecraft Aug 18, 2025 The reports are supposed to gauge eligibility for U.S. security assistance but have become an instrument to punish adversaries. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Ear to the Ground

The Men Trump Disappeared

Truthdig staff / Truthdig Aug 5, 2025 A new investigation sheds light on what 238 men endured after being deported to CECOT, the notorious Salvadoran maximum-security prison. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Americas

Venezuelan Nationals Subjected to Torture and Abuse While in CECOT

Pablo Meriguet / Peoples Dispatch Jul 25, 2025 Venezuela’s attorney general plans to investigate El Salvador officials for the treatment of detainees at the infamous prison. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Media

Failing To Meet the Moment

Ari Paul / FAIR Apr 17, 2025 As the Trump administration continues to defy the court, some mainstream outlets are downplaying the constitutional crisis. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

Bukele Refuses to Return Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Ashley Murray / States Newsroom Apr 15, 2025 Despite a court order, El Salvador's president scoffed at the notion of returning the man that ICE deported in error. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Immigration

Supreme Court Permits Deportations Under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798

Ariana Figueroa / Stateline Apr 8, 2025 The fourth dissent in the 5-4 decision came from Trump appointee Amy Coney Barrett. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Immigration

Deportation of El Salvador National to Mega-Prison Deemed ‘Administrative Error’

Ariana Figueroa / States Newsroom Apr 2, 2025 Despite admitting the mistake, the White House has defended the decision to deport Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

Pam Bondi Invokes ‘State Secrets Privilege’ in Venezuelan Deportation Case

Ariana Figueroa / States Newsroom Mar 25, 2025 The move is an attempt to block information on the exact timing and location of the flights in question as Judge James Boasberg issued an order to halt the flights. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Americas

The El Salvador Model and the U.S. War on Migrants

Timothy O'Farrell / NACLA Mar 6, 2025 El Salvador's offer to house deportees and U.S. citizens in its infamous prisons — for profit — signals a new and troubling escalation in the criminalization of migration. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Film

An Immigrant’s Toy Story

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Mar 7, 2024 Julio Torres’s “Problemista” is an offbeat tale about citizenship and the American Dream in the age of the gig economy. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )