Stolen Sisters: The Tragedy of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Canada

Laura Robinson / Truthdig Oct 5, 2016 In 1994, Alex Cywink learned that his younger sister’s body had been found in a park. Today, he and his siblings work not only on behalf of their sister, but for the more than 1,000 other indigenous women who are missing or have been murdered in Canada’s recent history. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Women Seeking Refuge: a Crisis Within a Crisis

Janice G. Raymond / Truthdig Sep 24, 2016 Sexual violence is part of the price many women and girls fleeing their countries for Europe must pay. This crisis—notably dire for Africans—can be mitigated if refugee aid agencies give priority to specific female-centered measures. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Understanding Trauma Is an Important Part of Every Sexual Violence Story

By Jessica Luther Sep 13, 2016 To have a better conversation about the problem, within college football and beyond, we need to examine how trauma affects the brain The Jameis Winston case works well for this To have a better conversation about the problem, within college football and beyond, we need examine how trauma affects the brain . Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

How Prostitution Became the World’s Most Modern Profession

By Kajsa Ekis Ekman Sep 7, 2016 There is considerable difference between the reality for those caught up in the sex trade and the rhetoric promoted by sex-workers unions and pro-prostitution advocates—including feminists. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The Evidence About Prostitution That The New York Times Ignored

Rachel Moran Jun 2, 2016 Dissenting voices are vital in the wake of Amnesty International’s championing of laws that decriminalize pimps, brothel owners and johns. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

The ‘Woman Card’ Brings a Wealth of Disadvantages

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig May 27, 2016 According to a recent Washington Post-ABC News poll, the notion that women are more privileged than men has serious traction: Thirty-eight percent of all men, and 34 percent of all white Americans believe that a candidate's femaleness is a trump card (no pun intended). According to a recent Washington Post-ABC News poll, the notion that women are more privileged than men has serious traction: Thirty-eight percent of all men, and 34 percent of all white Americans believe that a candidate's femaleness is a trump card (no pun intended). Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Chris Hedges Confronts ‘The Whoredom of the Left’ With Anti-Prostitution Activists

Staff / Truthdig Dec 2, 2015 In this episode of teleSUR's "Days of Revolt," Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges explores the conflicted and malignant relationship many self-identified leftists have with prostitution on both the ideological and practical levels. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Prostitution: Being Raped for a Living

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Oct 26, 2015 Prostitution dehumanizes those trapped within it. Like America’s sanctification of militarism and war, the commodification of girls and women banishes empathy to glorify male violence. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

VIDEO: How Rape Survivors Are Fighting Sexual Violence in India

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Jul 26, 2015 Harrowing personal accounts of rape victims in this video highlight the work of an advocacy group demanding better policing and public awareness of sexual violence in India. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Sex Industry’s Attack on Feminists

By Meghan Murphy Jun 4, 2015 Advocates of porn and prostitution will stop at nothing to silence those who speak out against their interests, labeling them prudes, conservatives, oppressors and bigots. The war against these feminists has recently culminated in widespread efforts to no-platform dissenters, including Truthdig's own Chris Hedges. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Sex, Drugs and Dead Soldiers: What the U.S. Africa Command Doesn’t Want You to Know

By Nick Turse, TomDispatch Apr 22, 2015 As American military operations have ramped up across Africa, reports of excessive drinking, sex with prostitutes, drug use, sexual assaults, and other forms of violence by AFRICOM personnel have escalated, and many of them have been kept under wraps. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

No One Is Free Until All Are Free

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Mar 30, 2015 The fight to end male violence against women is crucial to the struggles of wider liberation. We cannot stand up for some of the oppressed and ignore others who are oppressed. Dig deeper ( 19 Min. Read )