Why Don’t We Care About Congo’s Dead?

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig May 16, 2014 What happens when millions of Africans die in a conflict in which some of the world's most desired natural resources are at stake? Very little, it turns out.Is it true that atrocities in Africa garner little international attention because the victims are black? Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

‘Climate Change Is Impacting People’s Lives, Now. Not at Some Time in the Future’

Staff / Truthdig Mar 19, 2014 Some contrarian climate scientists have claimed that developing clean energy sources is unwise for these countries -- insisting incorrectly that dirty energy is the future. Most of us are smarter than that. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Threats Abroad Make Gays Less Safe in the West

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Mar 15, 2014 Eleanor Margolis, writing in New Statesman, argues that "every piece of homophobic legislation enacted by a foreign government has a knock-on effect on ours." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Homophobia: Africa’s Hottest Trend

Staff / Truthdig Mar 14, 2014 It's not just Uganda. The Democratic Republic of the Congo could become the 38th African country to ban homosexuality. A politician in Kenya, meanwhile, is demanding enforcement of a colonial law that criminalizes gay sex. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Anti-Gay Law in Uganda and the Miracle of Denial

Mark Fiore / Truthdig Mar 13, 2014 Dig deeper

How the West Was Wrong: Misunderstanding Uganda’s Gay Rights Crisis Makes It Worse

Sara Weschler / Truthdig Mar 13, 2014 Uganda is one of the worst places to be gay, thanks to a law made more popular by well-intentioned activists who triggered fears of cultural imperialism and conversion. Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )

Don’t Act, Don’t Tell: Anti-Gay Laws Make Targets of Us All

Mark O'Connell / Truthdig Mar 12, 2014 Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Medea Benjamin on Her Egyptian Detention

Staff / Truthdig Mar 7, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The Code Pink co-founder tells us why Egypt thinks she's a threat to national security. Also: Making sense of Ukraine, Uganda bans homosexuality, and the Advocate's Matthew Breen on AIDS breakthroughs. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gays Aren’t the Only Ones in Danger in Uganda Thanks to Draconian Law

Staff / Truthdig Mar 3, 2014 Ugandan women have said they're being violently stripped on their country's streets. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Gobbledygook’ Papers Flood Academia to Prove a Point

Staff / Truthdig Mar 1, 2014 Three MIT students set out to expose how much crud gets accepted to scientific conferences; Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni was swayed by so-called science to sign an anti-gay bill; meanwhile, Bitcoin may have some value beyond that of an online currency. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Ugandan Anti-Gay Law Sparks Newspaper Exposé, Backlash from U.S. Lawmakers

Staff / Truthdig Feb 26, 2014 In the aftermath of the passage of Uganda's new law sanctioning severe penalties, including life in prison, for homosexual acts, a local newspaper printed a list of the country's "Top 200 Homosexuals." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Uganda’s Draconian Anti-Gay Law Spurs International Reactions

Staff / Truthdig Feb 25, 2014 People around the world responded to Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's new law that could impose life sentences on those who engage in gay sex. Click to the jump for a list of reactions. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )