Trump’s Roundup of Immigrant Leaders Has Begun

Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Jan 18, 2018 The detention of prominent immigrant-rights organizers suggests a concerted effort by the administration. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Do U.S. Envoys, Business Reps Now Have a Target on Their Backs?

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Jan 13, 2018 American rivals and enemies may take advantage of Donald Trump’s insult to Africa, the Caribbean and Central America to reduce U.S. leverage and increase their own. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Trump Defends, Partly Denies Vulgar Remarks

JILL COLVIN and ALAN FRAM / The Associated Press Jan 13, 2018 The president said he was only expressing what many people think but won't say about immigrants from economically depressed countries. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Norwegians Seem to Prefer Their Country to Trump’s U.S.

MARK LEWIS / The Associated Press Jan 13, 2018 The president says the United States should take in more residents of Norway, but is it any wonder that more Americans are going the other way? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The U.S. Role in Turning Countries Into ‘Shitholes’

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Jan 12, 2018 The United States created crises in countries like Haiti and El Salvador in the name of corporate greed and American hegemony, and now is turning away refugees fleeing grim conditions. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Trump Vaguely Denies Vulgar Comments About Immigrants

ALAN FRAM and JONATHAN LEMIRE / The Associated Press Jan 12, 2018 Neither the president nor the White House denied the most controversial of his comments: using the word "shithole" to describe countries in Africa. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘A Single Step’: A Poem on ‘Treacherous Journey’ From Haiti to the U.S.

Staff / Truthdig Oct 4, 2017 Hawa Allan's verses breathe life into headlines about the travails Haitian migrants face as they cross from Brazil to Mexico and on to the U.S. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Caribbean Islands Brace for Category 5 Hurricane Irma

By Julia Conley / Common Dreams Sep 5, 2017 While news outlets focus on the threat to the southern U.S., environmentalist Bill McKibben underlines the danger in the Caribbean. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Rise of Bernie Sanders and His ‘Revolution’ Sparks Déjà Vu in the ‘Third World’

Staff / Truthdig Dec 20, 2016 Michael Manley of Jamaica and others pushed decades ago for progressive change to end the systems of subjugation in their countries. But that will remain tough to achieve until it is accomplished in the U.S. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Photo of the Week: The Latest Devastation of Haiti

BLANK Oct 9, 2016 Why is Haiti so vulnerable to disaster? In addition to geography, there's a legacy of debt, poverty, political instability, foreign exploitation and negligence, corruption and violence. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Sean Penn and Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán: Hollywood Came Calling, Then the Authorities Followed

Staff / Truthdig Jan 11, 2016 In Sean Penn's star-powered, 10,000-word, gigante get for Rolling Stone about his clandestine huddle with Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, we learn that, with startling predictability, Guzmán was yielding to Hollywood's siren call. And that receptivity didn't just consist of his willingness to be interviewed by actor and activist Penn, either. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The American Empire: Murder Inc.

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jan 4, 2016 Investigative journalist Allan Nairn knows firsthand how the U.S. uses mass killing as a routine tool of foreign policy. The horrifying tactics of Islamic State, he says, are an imitation of what we have been doing and what we have been teaching our international proxies for generations. Update: Video added. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )