Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / TruthdigOct 1, 2018
Many Southern whites continue to lie to themselves and the world about the Civil War and the antebellum South. These lies perpetuate the evil they seek to hide. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
Maj. Danny Sjursen / TruthdigSep 29, 2018
After many thousands of Northerners died in a war aimed in part at freeing the slaves, white America lacked the will to follow through. Dig deeper ( 20 Min. Read )
Bill Blum / TruthdigApr 9, 2018
Long-standing federal statutes limit the use of troops to enforce domestic civil law. But don't be surprised if this president tries anyway. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
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Paul Street / CounterPunchJan 22, 2018
The real Martin Luther King—not a sanitized version—was a democratic socialist who believed the U.S. had to reconstruct its whole system. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigSep 2, 2015
Here's why, according to a report released Tuesday by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, it's entirely Israel's fault that the Palestinian territory may become totally unlivable five years from now. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Roisin Davis / TruthdigJun 25, 2015
It will likely take 30 years to repair the damage to the Gaza Strip, given the current rate of construction, a senior United Nations official has said. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigOct 31, 2012
A government audit showed Japanese authorities have used funds intended for reconstruction after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami on unrelated projects. Those paid for out of the $150 billion relief package include roads in Okinawa, advertisements for Japan’s tallest building and whaling research. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
By Peter Van Buren, TomDispatchAug 18, 2012
Why has the United States spent so much money and time so disastrously trying to rebuild occupied nations abroad, while allowing its own infrastructure to crumble untended? Why do we even think of that as “policy”? Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 30, 2011
By an estimate its co-chairs call conservative, the bipartisan Commission on Wartime Contracting has found that the government wasted $30 billion on the use of private contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan. The co-chairs, writing in The Washington Post, say that number could double. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 13, 2011
Benjamin Franklin may be one of the most wanted men in Iraq right now, as the country's officials threaten to take the Pentagon to court to recoup some $6.6 billion in cash airlifted from the U.S. in 2004 for the purpose of Iraqi reconstruction. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 28, 2010
Today on the list: Why you can't really get to know more than 150 people, why Democrats should be jealous of Greens and why a Maryland man faces 16 years in prison for shooting a video. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 28, 2010
The special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction says the Pentagon cannot account for $8.7 billion of Iraq's money. The Department of Defense was supposed to spend the funds, which came from the sale of oil and other assets, on reconstruction, and it may have -- it just doesn't know for sure. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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