The Original Geo-Engineers: How to Save the Iconic West from the Cow

By Chip Ward, TomDispatch Jul 31, 2014 The great novelist Wallace Stegner sorted the conflicting impulses in his beloved American West into two camps: the “boomers” and the “nesters.” The modern version of the nesters are conservationists who try to partner with the ecosystems where they live. They understand that you cannot steer and control nature, but you might be able to dance with it. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Israeli Settlers Open Fire on Palestinians (Video)

Staff / Truthdig May 22, 2012 Footage released by an Israeli human rights group shows Israeli police and soldiers standing by while settlers fire on a group of Palestinians in the northern region of the West Bank. It is unclear which side provoked the incident. One Palestinian was wounded in the confrontation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Disappearing Brazilian Tribe Cries Out

Staff / Truthdig Apr 23, 2012 Terrorized by gunmen, loggers, drug traffickers and encroaching farmers, the 355 surviving members of the Amazonian Awá tribe face extinction if the Brazilian government and the international community fail to protect them from what a Brazilian judge termed "a real genocide." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israel Refuses to Halt Settlement Construction

Staff / Truthdig Sep 28, 2011 Israel decided to move ahead with settlement construction Tuesday, giving the go-ahead for the building of 1,100 housing units in east Jerusalem, even after Palestinians claimed the area as their future capital in their application for U.N. membership last week. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israeli Settlers Destroying Palestinians’ Olive Trees

Staff / Truthdig Oct 25, 2010 Olive trees are a symbol of the long history of many Palestinian families, and some Israeli settlers have now launched assaults on the trees, cutting down and torching them and at times attacking farmers in what many observers believe is part of a crescendo of settler militancy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Netanyahu: The U.S. Is ‘Easy’

Staff / Truthdig Jul 18, 2010 The US is easy -- or so says Benjamin Netanyahu The Israeli prime minister was recorded in 2001, apparently without his knowledge, claiming that the U was "easy" to manipulate and that Israel should launch a broad attack against the Palestinian Authority that would be "so painful that the price will be too heavy to be borne". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Forget Religion, Settlers See a Bargain

Staff / Truthdig Sep 23, 2009 Roughly 2.4 percent of the Israeli population has managed to hijack the peace process by moving into settlements in Palestinian territory. So what drives these people? It may have less to do with religion and more to do with the low cost of living on occupied land. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Settlement Extremists Threaten Israel’s Moral Substance

William Pfaff / Truthdig Dec 12, 2008 The steady expansion of nominally illegal colonies into the Palestinian territories has gone on to the point where the political parties are now incapable of disengaging from the settlement enterprise. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )