Why Mexico’s Farmworkers Who Harvest Our Food Are on Strike

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Mar 27, 2015 The farmworkers who pick the produce that American consumers take for granted endure brutal conditions and impoverishment. They don’t want to take it anymore. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Smartest People On the Move?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 5, 2014 What role might basic intelligence play in determining where people choose to live? Psychologist Markus Jokela of the University of Helsinki gives his answer in an upcoming issue of the journal Intelligence. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Species’ Numbers Alter Climate Migration

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Jan 9, 2014 Wild species will not always migrate to colonise warmer habitats, scientists have found. They may stay put if their numbers are not robust in the first place. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Crop Pests Head Poleward to Flee Heat

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Sep 2, 2013 Farm crops and some tree species face an increased threat from destructive insects that are migrating to temperate zones to survive in a warming world. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Rising Temperatures Ground Ducks

By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network May 15, 2013 Some species are adapting to warmer conditions by radically changing their behavior, such as ducks that have stopped migrating south. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Other Israelis

Staff / Truthdig Aug 8, 2011 Israel began importing workers after the government choked off the flow of cheap Palestinian labor Abuse and corruption are rampant as employers take advantage of a revolving-door policy meant to protect the state’s Jewish identity. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

France to Take Roma Fingerprints

Staff / Truthdig Oct 2, 2010 The immigration debate in France just got a bit hairier. After the government publicly rounded up and expelled more than 10,000 Roma in this year alone, French authorities have announced they will begin to use a biometric fingerprinting system to discourage those who were expelled from coming back. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

$600 Million to Beef Up Border Security

Staff / Truthdig Aug 13, 2010 Who would have thought the comprehensive immigration reform promised by President Obama would include a whopping $600 million for increased security along the U.S.-Mexico border for surveillance technologies and 1,000 more Border Patrol agents? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Australia Sorry for Abuse of Castoff Kids

Staff / Truthdig Nov 16, 2009 In the decades after World War II, some 10,000 British children were separated from their families and exiled to Australia, where many were physically and sexually abused and some were put to work in what were effectively child labor camps Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Big Brother 2.0

Staff / Truthdig Mar 13, 2009 A xenophobic Web site funded by a Texas government grant provides 15 live feeds of "high-crime areas" near the fence between U.S. and Mexico, urging people to go on "virtual stakeouts" from their computers and report "suspicious activity" to authorities. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )