America’s Regime Change Toolbox

Barbara Koeppel / Truthdig Jun 29, 2018 Mainstream voices never mention that regime change pushed by one country against another is illegal. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Facebook Starts to Send Out Millions of Privacy-Related Notices

BARBARA ORTUTAY / The Associated Press Apr 8, 2018 The 87 million users whose data might have been shared with Cambridge Analytica will get detailed messages through their news feed, the social media giant says. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

East Timor Gives the World a Tutorial in Politics After 20th Century Genocide

By John Pilger May 8, 2017 The courage of the country's people is a universal lesson of perseverance in the face of overwhelming adversity. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Islamic State-Linked Coup Against Indonesian President Is Backed by Trump Allies, Report Says

Staff / Truthdig Apr 21, 2017 According to The Intercept, supporters of the coup movement include Donald Trump political supporter Fadli Zon and business partner Hary Tanoesoedibjo (commonly known as Hary Tanoe). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

North Korea’s Message for Trump: We Will Protect Ourselves With Nuclear Weapons (Video)

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Apr 20, 2017 If the United States takes military action against North Korea, "it would mean from that very day an all-out war," Vice Foreign Minister Han Song Ryol (pictured) says. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

What Does Wal-Mart Have to Do With the 2016 Election?

Staff / Truthdig Sep 1, 2016 With over $480 billion in total annual revenue, the U.S.' largest private employer wields immense power just in how it treats its workers at home and abroad. Their struggle for dignity and rights will continue after the last ballots are counted in November. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Why Americans Should Care About Political Murders in Bangladesh

By Vijay Prashad / AlterNet Apr 14, 2016 Bloggers' deaths are buried in the language of terrorism, but it's much more complicated than that. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Number of Victims of Female Genital Mutilation Is 70 Million Higher Than Thought

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Feb 6, 2016 UNICEF reveals that at least 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone ritual cutting, half of them living in just three countries. Dig deeper ( 2 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 )

Forest Loss and Land Degradation Fuel Climate Crisis

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Sep 25, 2015 U.N. studies show that the combined effects of degraded farmland and the felling and burning of trees are costing the planet trillions of dollars in ecosystem losses. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Nearly $1 Trillion Left Emerging Markets in Single Year in ‘Capital Flight’ Phenomenon

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 21, 2015 Reports that huge sums of investment money have flowed out of countries with emerging markets suggest that countries once billed as "stars of the post-crash economy are now waning." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Extreme Weather Puts Africa’s Food Security at Risk

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Aug 16, 2015 A British government scientific panel says increasingly frequent heat waves, droughts and other extreme weather threaten more -- and more severe -- global food crises. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )