Staff / TruthdigAug 19, 2015
Poet Sonia Greenfield ruminates over the racism and ethnocentrism involved in international responses to epidemics, including the recent Ebola outbreak, which was mostly concentrated in West Africa. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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When the deadly international health crisis is over, the world will be morally indebted to a tiny island nation that has suffered economic attack from the U.S. for more than half a century. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
The Rev. Madison Shockley / TruthdigOct 31, 2014
U.S. right-wingers are fanning a hysteria that could damage the fight against the disease and discriminate against both Africans and African-Americans. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
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Doctors Without Borders was on the scene in West Africa six months before the U.N. declared the outbreak a "threat to international peace and security." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigOct 16, 2014
Western inaction has worsened the crisis in part because there was no money to be made before the disease reached epidemic proportions. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigOct 1, 2014
Ebola has officially come to the United States, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is attempting to contain Americans' anxieties along with the spread of the potentially deadly virus. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigAug 13, 2014
Kenya is the next African nation to be put on alert by the World Health Organization, which has categorized the country as a "high-risk" site for a potential Ebola outbreak. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 9, 2010
Supermodels might do well to keep their manicured hands out of global politics, judging by the case of Naomi Campbell and her questionable link to ousted Liberian President Charles Taylor (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 14, 2008
Gruesome details are emerging from the war crimes trial of Charles Taylor (above, right), the former president of Liberia. The leader of one of Taylor's death squads has testified that the president ordered his militias to cannibalize their enemies, including African and U.N. peacekeepers. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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