TD Original

In Texas, Migrants Meet a Land of Walls and Wire

Lillian Perlmutter / Truthdig Mar 25, 2024 The state has invested billions into deadly barriers at the border, but asylum seekers still come — in higher numbers than ever. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

TD Interview

The Modern Odyssey of Mass Migration

Ed Rampell / Truthdig Feb 21, 2024 By using the migrant's point of view, director Matteo Garrone's Oscar-nominated "Io Capitano" shows the part of the journey we don't usually see. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

TD Original

Balochistan Finds Its Voice

Matt Broomfield and Robin Fleming / Truthdig Feb 19, 2024 In Pakistan and Iran, a grassroots women-led movement gives hope to millions of stateless people. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

Native Mental Health Providers Seek to Heal Boarding School Scars

Alastair Lee Bitsóí / High Country News Aug 16, 2023 For Indigenous communities, much of this past trauma is tied at some level to the forces of colonization and the attempted genocide by the United States and European governments. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Arts & Culture

The Beautiful and Disconcerting Climate Art of Luciana Abait

Paul Von Blum / Truthdig Aug 11, 2023 Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Immigration

Migration and the Shadows of War

Andrea Mazzarino / TomDispatch Jul 25, 2023 Legacies of militarism and the rising threat of climate change is why thousands around the world set out on dangerous migrant journeys. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Economic Justice

UN Report Reveals 165 Million People Plunged Into Poverty in the Past Three Years

Brett Wilkins / Common Dreams Jul 18, 2023 Covid-19 pandemic, wars and other violence, and extreme weather disasters driven by human-caused climate change—have pushed around 165 million people into poverty around the world. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Ear to the Ground

Los Angeles Becomes Latest City to Approve Robot Dogs Despite Grave Concerns

Tana Ganeva / Truthdig Jun 12, 2023 It has been widely noted that these canine robots closely resemble those featured in a 2017 episode of the science fiction horror drama "Black Mirror." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Sports

9/11 Families Condemn PGA-LIV Merger for ‘Sportswashing’ Human Rights Violations

Brett Wilkins / Common Dreams Jun 10, 2023 "Hypocrisy doesn't begin to describe this brazen, shameless cash grab." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

World

Post-Election Turkey Is More Divided Than Ever

Arzu Geybullayeva / Global Voices Jun 5, 2023 Recep Tayyip Erdogan, having secured five more years in power, is sure to set deepen his authoritarian hold over Turkey. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Ear to the Ground

Will California Make Housing a Human Right?

Staff / Truthdig May 4, 2023 A new bill would inscribe a “right to housing” in the Golden State’s constitution. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Middle East

How Israel Violates International Law

Robert Goldman / The Conversation Feb 3, 2023 How Israel violates international law through the planned destruction of Palestinian assailants’ homes. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )