Tim Radford / Climate News NetworkSep 6, 2018
With an estimated 2 billion people already affected by hunger or malnutrition, the results of a recent study raise an alarming prospect. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Tim Radford / Climate News NetworkJun 20, 2018
A warmer world could mean shrinking harvests and a more meager diet for millions of people, according to two new studies. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Tim Radford / Climate News NetworkMay 25, 2018
One consequence of more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will be less nutritious rice, despite growth gains for some other crops. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Tracy Bloom / TruthdigSep 20, 2012
The next time you want to enjoy a meal that includes rice -- a steaming bowl of it perhaps, or some rice pasta or rice drink -- think about this: A study by Consumer Reports says that eating rice once a day can increase the arsenic levels in your body by at least 44 percent. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 8, 2011
A report in the journal Science links temperature changes to a 5.5 percent decline in wheat production worldwide, with drop-offs occurring even in countries where technological efforts have diminished the impact of climate change on crop yields. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 12, 2008
Read the devastating bipartisan report from the Senate Armed Services Committee that indicts high-level Bush administration officials -- including former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld -- as bearing major responsibility for the torture at Abu Gharib, Guantanamo, and other detention facilities. Dig deeper ( 33 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 11, 2008
The native people of the state of Roraima have won an important legal victory before Brazil's Supreme Court. With 100 similar cases hanging in the balance, the court decided to keep an Indian reservation intact, to the chagrin of farmers, loggers and even some military leaders. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 6, 2008
The U.S. has finally decided that it is "well past time" for Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe to be shown the door. This after he stole an election in June, subverted a power-sharing arrangement and run his once-prosperous nation into the ground. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
William Pfaff / TruthdigDec 5, 2008
The evidence suggests that American policy under Barack Obama will be a continuation of the neoconservative foreign policy of the Bush administration, given a human face. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Amy Goodman / TruthdigDec 3, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama introduced his principal national security Cabinet selections to the world Monday and left no doubt that he intends to start his administration on a war footing. It is revealing that his choice for national security adviser is a director of Boeing, a weapons manufacturer, and Chevron, an oil giant. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Eugene Robinson / TruthdigDec 2, 2008
Terrorism (for the umpteenth time) is a tactic, not an enemy. One of the most urgent tasks for President-elect Barack Obama's "team of rivals" is coming up with a coherent intellectual framework -- and a winning battle plan -- for George W. Bush's globe-spanning "war on terror." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 4, 2008
The US is giving Georgia $1 billion in aid, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has announced That could be just a friendly donation, or, seen in the light of America's meddling in the Caucasus, perhaps something more sinister Sorry we didn't go to war with Russia, baby, but here's a billion dollars Buy yourself something nice. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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