In Europe, Crisis-Provoked Suicide on the Rise

Staff / Truthdig Apr 14, 2012 Tally the fatal, unhappy costs of runaway capitalism. Across Europe, businessmen unable to cope with the world made by the 2008 economic crash are taking their lives. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Ireland Is Pushed Back Into Recession

Staff / Truthdig Mar 24, 2012 A 0.2 percent dip in GDP at the end of 2011, which followed a drastic decline in the third quarter, has thrown Ireland back into recession, alongside Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Portugal and Greece, and begs the question of whether austerity is the answer to Europe’s economic woes. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

All Hades Breaks Loose in Greece

Staff / Truthdig Feb 13, 2012 On Sunday, after months of economic and political turmoil, Greek citizens fed up with paying for mistakes made by their country's power elite took to the streets by the tens of thousands to signal their disapproval of the austerity measures the government pushed through late that night. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Krugman: Austerity Still Doesn’t Work

Staff / Truthdig Dec 31, 2011 Is anyone in the Obama administration listening to Paul Krugman? Maybe, says the Nobel Prize-winning economist, but only at the end of a year in which political insistence on the need to reduce short-term deficits with spending cuts slid the economy and much of the American public further into ruin.Economist Paul Krugman takes an accounting at the end of a year in which political focus on short-term deficits slid the economy and much of the American public further into ruin. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Quarreling EU

Martin Sutovec, Cagle Cartoons, Slovakia Dec 12, 2011 Dig deeper

Santa Euro Crisis

Manny Francisco, Cagle Cartoons, Manila, The Phillippines Dec 4, 2011 Dig deeper

Disabled Euro

Deng Coy Miel, Cagle Cartoons, Singapore Dec 4, 2011 Dig deeper

Dominique Strauss-Kahn

Taylor Jones, Cagle Cartoons, El Nuevo Dia, Puerto Rico May 23, 2011 Dig deeper

Barack Hussein Obama Is Irish

Staff / Truthdig May 23, 2011 As the so-called Birthers continue to obsess over Barack Obama's Kenyan roots, the president is en route to Ireland, where he will visit another of his ancestral homes. The tiny village of Moneygall, which produced Obama's great-great-great-grandfather, has been busy sprucing up the place. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Queen Comes Close to Apology in Ireland

Staff / Truthdig May 20, 2011 Speaking at a historic dinner in the castle that once headquartered Ireland's British overseers, Queen Elizabeth II expressed regret over the two islands' violent history: "To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past, I extend my sincere thoughts and deep sympathy." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Queen Honors Irish Freedom Fighters

Staff / Truthdig May 18, 2011 The queen has landed in Ireland, where she laid a wreath at the Garden of Remembrance to honor those who fought against British tyranny. And if you think that's a nice gesture, you should see the emerald green outfit her majesty wore for her arrival. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Queen to Visit the One That Got Away

Staff / Truthdig May 17, 2011 The queen of England is headed to Ireland despite a bomb threat and other security concerns. She'll be the first British monarch to visit the republic in 100 years, the first since the Irish -- most of them, anyway -- cast off British rule. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )