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Angel Boligan, Cagle Cartoons, El Universal, Mexico City Jul 15, 2013 Dig deeper

Eric Holder Should Resign Over Spying, Editor of The Progressive Says

Staff / Truthdig May 23, 2013 On "Democracy Now!" on Wednesday, Matt Rothschild reiterated his call for the attorney general to resign or be fired in the wake of recent revelations that the government was spying on the press and on Occupy protesters. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Farmworkers Fired After Fleeing Blaze

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig May 9, 2013 Fifteen agricultural workers in Oxnard, Calif., lost their jobs after they sought shelter to escape the ash and smoke-filled air from a raging wildfire last week. The strawberry pickers said they left because the smoke interfered with their ability to breathe. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

How Capitalism Stacks the Deck on Disaster

By Steve Fraser, TomDispatch Apr 4, 2013 We think of the financial crisis as a man-made calamity, and Hurricane Sandy as the malignant innocence of nature. But neither the notion of a man-made nor natural disaster quite captures how the power of a few and the vulnerability of the many determine what is really going on at ground level. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

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Signe Wilkinson Nov 28, 2012 Dig deeper

Climate Change: ‘This Is Just the Beginning’

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Jul 4, 2012 Evidence supporting the existence of climate change is pummeling the United States this summer, from the mountain wildfires of Colorado to the recent "derecho" storm that left at least 23 dead and 1.4 million people without power from Illinois to Virginia. Dig deeper

Colorado Wildfire: Taste of Things to Come

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 29, 2012 The wildfire that raged through Colorado’s Waldo Canyon, just one of the many that lit up the state in recent weeks, consumed 346 homes and claimed at least one life. The event is consistent with predictions made by the world's top climate scientists. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Prison Fire Kills More Than 300 in Honduras

Staff / Truthdig Feb 15, 2012 One inmate's reported death wish led to the immolation of more than 300 people at a Honduran prison after the apparent instigator set fire to his mattress on Wednesday in the town of Comayagua, where some 356 others were still missing after the blaze, according to The Associated Press. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Age of Thirst in the American West

Staff / Truthdig Dec 6, 2011 Consider it a taste of the future: the fire, smoke, drought, dust, and heat that have made life unpleasant, if not dangerous, from Louisiana to Los Angeles. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

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Mike Luckovich / Truthdig Sep 7, 2011 Dig deeper

Raging Texas Fires Destroy More Than 1,000 Homes

Staff / Truthdig Sep 6, 2011 Wildfires continue to rage in Texas, and by Tuesday the estimated 85 fires had destroyed more than 7,500 acres and more than 1,000 homes. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mourning in Mexico

Staff / Truthdig Aug 27, 2011 Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Friday declared three days of mourning for his country after 52 people were killed in a Monterrey casino fire set by gunmen thought to be members of a drug cartel. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )