China Okasi / TruthdigApr 16, 2015
The loss of hundreds of schoolgirls to Boko Haram has shown that in Nigeria, the powerful care nothing about the powerless until an international tragedy embarrasses them. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Reese Erlich / TruthdigMar 20, 2015
That peaceful-looking Christian next door may be part of a terrorist sleeper cell that received training at the Vatican or in Salt Lake City. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
China Okasi / TruthdigMar 16, 2015
Thanks to the Islamist extremist group, old north-versus-south sentiments now threaten to split the regions that had found solidarity against an incompetent government. The upshot could be more terrorism. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
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Kasia Anderson / TruthdigJan 15, 2015
Al-Qaida's chapter in Yemen was officially behind the deadly shooting at the Charlie Hebdo headquarters in Paris on Jan. 7, at least according to al-Qaida's chapter in Yemen. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 13, 2015
The French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo will draw attention from around the globe with the issue slated to come out Wednesday. Dig deeper
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigJan 12, 2015
President Obama wasn't present in Paris for Sunday's anti-terrorism rally, and his absence was duly noted. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges / TruthdigJan 12, 2015
The Paris massacre, evil though it was, delivers a crucial communication from the Muslim world about the Western hubris and violence that fuel the rage of the powerless. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigJan 7, 2015
The top-ranking leader of the Taliban faction that claimed responsibility for last month's mass slaughter of 153 people, many of them children, at the Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan, has taken to the Internet to warn that his group is prepared to strike again. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges / TruthdigSep 29, 2014
Waging endless war in the Middle East means not only turning old enemies into allies but exposing our inability to free ourselves from the mechanisms of violence and collapse. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigSep 12, 2014
President Obama marked the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the grounds of one of the hijackers' targets, the Pentagon, commemorating the occasion with rhetorical flourishes that invited Americans to see themselves as fearless and ever on the up-and-up. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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