Kasia Anderson / TruthdigJul 30, 2014
It has been 12 days since the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over east Ukraine, and Tuesday, previous rumblings that the airborne incident would lead to further strain between the U.S. and Russia came to fruition. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigJul 22, 2014
American politics was trundling along on its usual unserious and trivial trajectory when news of the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in Ukraine shook the world. Suddenly, the stakes in public life and foreign policy were very high. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 21, 2014
The site of downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 became even more politically fraught Sunday, when pro-Russian separatists reportedly took custody of the remains of some 200 bodies of crash victims and obstructed emergency workers' access to the area. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigJul 19, 2014
David Rothkopf at Foreign Policy magazine points to the civilian deaths on a beach in Gaza and airspace over Ukraine to argue that using "the chaos of combat" to achieve complex political ends is futile. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 17, 2014
At least 100 bodies were found after a jet carrying 280 passengers and 15 crew members crashed in eastern Ukraine in a region where separatist rebels have fought Ukrainian military in recent weeks. The craft was reportedly hit by a missile. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 27, 2014
Mika Brzezinski calls out her colleague and MSNBC panel for "capitalizing on a non-story for ratings because people's imaginations are pricked by this and that is not responsible." This leads them to talk down, belittle and show a complete disregard for who she is and what she says. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Eugene Robinson / TruthdigMar 21, 2014
Let me go out on a limb: The Malaysian airliner did not get sucked into a black hole, vanish over the Indian Ocean equivalent of the Bermuda Triangle or crash-land on the spooky island from "Lost." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 19, 2014
The airborne mystery that Malaysia Airlines MH370 has become reveals that journalism is now about "all data, no real facts, endless theories," heavy on the conspiracy theory and devoid of truth, according to media watcher Michael Wolff. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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