Immigration

Where Will Refugees Find Safe Haven in 2024?

Rebecca Gordon / TomDispatch Jan 9, 2024 As climate change and war continue to rage, the world's wealthiest countries will find themselves with more migrants than ever seeking shelter at their borders. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Environment

Climate Change Is the Fight of Our Lifetime—It’s Time We Spent Our Money Like We Knew That

Lindsay Koshgarian, Alliyah Lusuegro / OtherWords Sep 21, 2023 More than half of discretionary spending goes to the military. Only a tiny fraction addresses the most urgent threat to our security. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Opinion

Normalizing the Killing Fields

Kathy Kelly / PeaceVoice Sep 11, 2023 Rather than tacitly endorse the wanton militarism and human rights abuses of Saudi Arabia, Joe Biden should condemn their actions. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

‘The Soil and the Sea’: The Revolutionary Act of Remembering

Farah Silvana Kanaan / The Markaz Review Aug 11, 2023 Bridging the atrocities of the Lebanese Civil War with the now near-daily reports of refugees drowned in the Mediterranean, Khoury points to the perpetual fate of this sea as a mass grave. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Arts & Culture

The Beautiful and Disconcerting Climate Art of Luciana Abait

Paul Von Blum / Truthdig Aug 11, 2023 Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Immigration

A Year of Global Displacement

Farrah Hassen / OtherWords Dec 26, 2022 This year’s record-breaking global displacement crisis calls for immigration policies that reflect our humanity, not cruelty. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Refugee Crisis Unlike You’ve Ever Seen It Before

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Oct 4, 2019 “Midnight Traveler” tells the harrowing story of Afghan director Hassan Fazili and his family’s displacement, as filmed on their cellphones. Dig deeper ( 27 Min. Read )

Truthdigger Pia Klemp Is the Badass Hero the World Desperately Needs

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Aug 31, 2019 The German sea captain, who has personally rescued thousands of migrants from drowning, faces a harsh prison sentence for her valiant deeds. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

A Revolutionary Writer for Our Darkest Days

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Aug 30, 2019 Novelist Ali Smith manages to render humanity's astonishing resilience in the face of “volcanic political canyon-ing across the world.” Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Greta Thunberg Holds Up D-Day Veteran’s Call to Avert Collapse of Civilization

Andrea Germanos / Common Dreams Jul 22, 2019 As she is given the Freedom Prize by France's Normandy, the activist says to honor D-Day veterans we should "stop destroying" the world they "fought so hard to save." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Jesus Christ Would Be Appalled by America’s Immigration Policy

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Dec 24, 2018 Take a moment this holiday season to spare a thought for the countless victims the U.S. and its allies have uprooted, killed and maimed. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Synagogue Shooter Shares This Obsession With Far-Right Media

Ari Paul / FAIR Oct 31, 2018 As the facts of the anti-Semitic attack at a Pittsburgh synagogue unfold, one of shooter Robert Bowers’ motives has come to the forefront. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )