Ticker Tape Ain’t Spaghetti

Amy Goodman / Truthdig May 1, 2008 Food riots are erupting around the world. Behind the hunger, behind the riots, are so-called free-trade agreements, and the brutal emergency-loan agreements imposed on poor countries by financial institutions like the International Monetary Fund. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Paris Fetes Dalai Lama

Staff / Truthdig Apr 22, 2008 Despite disapproval from French President Nicolas Sarkozy's party, which is working on improving relations with the Chinese government, Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe has championed the Dalai Lama by making the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader an honorary citizen of the City of Light. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gore: Change Laws and Lightbulbs

Staff / Truthdig Apr 22, 2008 After "An Inconvenient Truth" hit theaters, Al Gore may have won a couple of trophies for his work in fighting climate change, but the former vice president doesn't believe enough has changed where it counts -- in national and international laws. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

In Utero Inc.

Ellen Goodman / Truthdig Apr 10, 2008 Renting the wombs of poor women in foreign countries has become a business, but is it a good business? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Putin Is Time’s ‘Person of the Year’

Staff / Truthdig Dec 20, 2007 Time magazine has decided to celebrate "order before freedom," as the newsweekly put it, with its "person of the year" selection, because "if Russia succeeds as a nation-state in the family of nations, it will owe much of that success to one man, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Nuclear Two-Step

Will Durst / Truthdig Nov 19, 2007 The rule is simple: The good guys get the nukes, the bad guys don't. And who decides who's naughty and who's nice? Not Santa -- it's the Decider. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

India Snubs the Dollar

Staff / Truthdig Nov 17, 2007 The dollar has simply fallen too low for India, which will no longer accept the greenback at its many tourist sites, including the Taj Mahal. Tourism ministry officials said they had to move quickly in order to protect Indian revenues from the dollar's free fall. Remember when the dollar was like gold in the developing world? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Credibility Gap

Staff / Truthdig Oct 29, 2007 Clothing companies and the consumers who buy their products tend to feign ignorance when it's revealed that those products are a bargain because they were made by 10-year-old slaves. That's certainly the case with Gap, which says it was unaware of the sweatshop in New Delhi, India, where children were recently found toiling under deplorable conditions to create clothes bearing the Gap Kids logo. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Is No. 1 in Arms Sales to Developing Nations

Staff / Truthdig Oct 1, 2007 Of all the ways to stand out on the world stage, this news about America's global leadership surely does not represent the best possible distinction it could have earned: According to a congressional study released Monday, the U.S. beat out Russia and Britain to become the top seller of weapons to developing nations such as India and Pakistan in 2006. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The 10 Most Polluted Places in the World

Staff / Truthdig Sep 15, 2007 The Blacksmith Institute, a U.S.-based environmental group, has identified the 10 most polluted places on the planet. Cities in Russia, China, India, Zambia, Peru, the Ukraine and Azerbaijan made the list, which focuses on the impact pollution has on the local population. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Al Gore to Snub Struggling Indians?

Staff / Truthdig Aug 31, 2007 The Khasi tribespeople of India want to honor Al Gore with an award of local handicrafts and a "small amount of money" for raising awareness of the climate change that they say has ravaged their scenic province, the name of which translates to "abode of the clouds." A Gore representative says he is humbled, but unsure if he'll make it to the ceremony, which will be held at a preserved village near a sacred forest. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pakistan Sends Up a New Cruise Missile

Staff / Truthdig Aug 26, 2007 Pakistan has put on another act in the ongoing show of military prowess between the South Asian nation and its neighbor India by successfully testing a new cruise missile, the Hatf VIII (aka Raad, or thunder in Arabic), which is designed to carry an array of different nuclear warheads. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )