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Terrorizing a Family of Human Rights Champions

Lawrence Weschler / Truthdig Sep 11, 2014 Bahrain, a key U.S. ally in the Mideast, is building a symbolic wall against freedom. Part of that odious effort is the longtime persecution of Abdulhadi al-Khawaja and two of his daughters. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

The Week in Truthdig

Staff / Truthdig Jul 26, 2014 In lieu of our regularly scheduled radio show, we present a summary of some of this week's most interesting original content, including the goings-on in Gaza and the trouble with Executive Order 12333. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gaza as Sarajevo

Lawrence Weschler / Truthdig Jul 24, 2014 The image of Israeli tank columns safely ranged on the periphery of Gaza methodically lobbing in round after round of supposedly precision-guided munitions (precision, that is, give or take the odd 25 person civilian family huddled together for the breaking of their Ramadan fast), sent me whistling back to my own time in Sarajevo, after the lifting of the siege there in the wake of the Dayton Accords in late 1995. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Israel Has Been Bitten by a Bat

Lawrence Weschler / Truthdig Jul 19, 2014 The news out of Israel and Palestine: relentless, remorseless, repetitively compulsive, rabid. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Of Baby Eagles and Human Prospects

Lawrence Weschler / Truthdig Jun 26, 2014 Surely we don’t get to gaze upon the fate of our own species through the lens of the Prime Directive. On the contrary, surely it is our duty to intervene and to do so on an urgent basis. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

The Art of the Shakedown, From the Nile to the Potomac

Staff / Truthdig Nov 6, 2011 In places like Uganda, corruption often arises out of desperation. But in America, as W.E.B. Du Bois noted toward the end of his life, “We let men take wealth which is not theirs; if the seizure is ‘legal’ we call it high profits. And the profiteers help decide what is legal.” Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )