Below the Safety Net

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Nov 28, 2011 The courageous people who work day and night in overcrowded urban emergency wards are forced to confront society's failures. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Great Depression Right Outside Our Doors

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Oct 28, 2011 While Occupy Wall Street and similar movements around the country take aim at financial institutions and their political cronies for taking the country into recession, let’s not forget those at the very bottom who were victims of economic depression long before the current collapse.Let’s not forget those at the very bottom who were victims of economic depression long before the current collapse. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Deadly Day in Mexico: 33 Killed in Gang Wars

Staff / Truthdig Jun 17, 2011 In one bloody 24-hour period in the industrial city of Monterrey, Mexico, drug-related violence claimed the lives of 33 people, most of whom were allegedly connected to local cartels, according to Mexican authorities. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Adiós, Señor Embajador

Staff / Truthdig Mar 21, 2011 The U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Carlos Pascual, has resigned in the wake of WikiLeaked comments he made expressing doubts about Mexico’s ability to fight the country’s drug cartels. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Brazil’s Real War Against Drugs

Staff / Truthdig Nov 27, 2010 Having used thousands of heavily armed men, Brazil claims to have wrested control of a notorious slum area in Rio de Janeiro from drug gangs in an operation that lasted five days and killed more than two dozen people. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Invisible Ward 8

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Apr 6, 2010 Entrenched black poverty, with all its causes and implications, barely makes a ripple in the public debate these days. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Weeping in Blood

Manny Francisco, Manila, The Phillippines Feb 4, 2008 Dig deeper

Kenya Suffers More Killing

Staff / Truthdig Jan 29, 2008 The death toll in Kenya has risen to roughly 800 as violence and rioting continue following a disputed and ethnically charged election. The two candidates in that contest refuse to come to agreement, and some of their supporters have formed gangs along tribal and clan lines. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )