Ear to the Ground

When Your Boss Turns Out to Be a Serial Killer

Tana Ganeva / Truthdig Sep 22, 2023 Examining serial killers past and present and how marginalized groups tend to be their most likely victims. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Labor

How a War on Porn Is Endangering US Sex Workers

Hallie Lieberman / Open Democracy Jan 13, 2023 A proposed ‘anti-trafficking’ US law may actually increase trafficking, as well as threatening sex workers and free speech. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Andrea Dworkin: Teller of Hard Truths

Janice G. Raymond and H. Patricia Hynes Jul 17, 2019 A new book offers an opportunity to revisit the writer's maligned but searing insights into the impact of pornography on women. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Jeffrey Epstein Pleads Not Guilty to Abusing Dozens of Underage Girls

MICHAEL R. SISAK and JIM MUSTIAN / The Associated Press Jul 7, 2019 Prosecutors say evidence against the billionaire financier included a "vast trove" of lewd photographs discovered at his New York mansion. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Truthdigger Tiffany Cabán Poses the Right Kind of Threat

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Jul 2, 2019 Whether or not her opponents—within and outside Democratic ranks—are ready, the contender for Queens D.A. offers needed change. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Real Face of Prostitution

Julie Bindel / Truthdig Jun 12, 2019 Johns have no problem justifying it, but women are heavily criminalized, despite evidence that many are coerced and exploited into it. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

The Last Battle

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Apr 29, 2019 If we do not join with the Cree and other indigenous peoples to halt oil extraction from tar sands, it will be “game over” for the planet. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Patriots Owner Robert Kraft Accused of Soliciting Prostitute

TERRY SPENCER and JOSHUA REPLOGLE / The Associated Press Feb 22, 2019 The case comes amid a crackdown on sex trafficking in which cameras were put in Florida massage parlors. The billionaire denies wrongdoing. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Activist Zeros In on Canada’s Indigenous Women

Julie Bindel / Truthdig Dec 13, 2018 Cherry Smiley believes the government hasn’t done enough to correct conditions that resulted in nearly 3,000 murdered or missing women since the 1970s. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Border Agent Indicted for Murder in 4 Texas Deaths

JAMIE STENGLE / The Associated Press Dec 6, 2018 Juan David Ortiz, 35, faces the death penalty after confessing to the slaying of multiple sex workers. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Immigration

The Brutal Normality of Switzerland’s Sex Market

Julie Bindel / Truthdig Oct 30, 2018 The country's reputation for having a humane asylum system flies in the face of its willingness to see women sold on its streets in broad daylight. Dig deeper ( 22 Min. Read )

Case of Missing Pakistani Children Is Also About Corruption

Zubeida Mustafa / Truthdig Oct 8, 2018 A devastating case is bringing Pakistan's biggest social and political issues—police corruption, patriarchal injustice—to the fore once again. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )