Environment

Cuba’s Old American Cars and the Path Forward on Degrowth

Phil Wilson / Resilience Jan 27, 2024 A move towards a sustainable, less disposable economy that eschews luxury will not only address inequity, but push us towards a more habitable future. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Wounds of War

40 Years Later: Remembering the US Invasion of Grenada

Amy Li Baksh / NACLA Oct 25, 2023 In the throes of the Cold War, a tiny Caribbean island dared to wage a revolutionary experiment. As the Revo imploded, the United States invaded. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Twilight of the Boomers

Jacob Bacharach / Truthdig Feb 25, 2020 In his relentless red-baiting of Bernie Sanders, Chris Matthews reveals just how divorced he and his ilk are from our political moment. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Despicable Red-Baiting of Bernie Sanders

Bill Blum / Truthdig Feb 24, 2020 If Democrats have any hope of unseating Donald Trump in November, they must stop smearing their party’s frontrunner and his supporters. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Our Invisible Government

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Sep 16, 2019 American intelligence agencies are the nation’s enemy from within and the Praetorian Guard of sinister forces. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Trump’s Meddling in Latin America Has Nothing to Do With Human Rights

Marjorie Cohn / Truthdig May 5, 2019 The U.S. has more cynical motives as it interferes in the affairs of Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

U.S. to Allow Lawsuits Over Properties Seized by Castro’s Cuba

DEB RIECHMANN and MATTHEW LEE / The Associated Press Apr 17, 2019 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo justifies the measure as a means of combating the island nation's "exportation of tyranny" in the region. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

American History for Truthdiggers: JFK’s Cold War Chains

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Apr 6, 2019 His obsession with foreign communism blinded him to U.S. domestic needs. It's time for Americans to stop mythologizing a reckless president. Dig deeper ( 32 Min. Read )

Between Socialism and Barbarism, the Media Choose Barbarism

John McCullough / FAIR Dec 24, 2018 Mexico's Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is a moderate leftist, yet he's depicted as a bigger threat than fascists like Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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 )

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 )

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 )