UNICEF: One-Third of Fighters in Yemen Are Children

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 10, 2015 Children make up a third of the combatants in Yemen's conflict with Saudi Arabia, says a U.N. official. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Born Slaves: Child Labor in an ‘Adultocratic’ World

Lydia Cacho / Truthdig Mar 11, 2015 Injustice doesn’t have the same meaning for the average reader of this site as it does for a child who has grown up in precarious conditions, subjected to racism, a lack of emotional education and cultural training. Injustice doesn’t have the same meaning for the average reader of this site as it does for a child who has been forced to work. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

There Are Twice as Many Billionaires Now Than Before the Financial Crisis

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Oct 30, 2014 UNICEF reports that child poverty has increased in over 20 countries since the global recession, while a new Oxfam study shows that billionaires have increased their combined wealth by over 120 percent. How can we continue to ignore this appalling inequality? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

AIDS Still an Uphill Battle

Staff / Truthdig Jun 3, 2008 Every year about a million HIV patients globally are given potentially life-saving treatments, while about 2 1/2 times that number are infected. On top of that, the vast majority of HIV-positive people around the world don't know they're infected. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

How Not to Help Africans

Gbemisola Olujobi / Truthdig Nov 27, 2007 The French charity group L'Arche de Zoé (Zoë's Ark) took 103 Chadian children from their homes with promises of sweets and a trip to the city of Abeche. But the group actually planned to fly the children to France on a 220-seater plane from Abeche airport in Eastern Chad, passing them off as "Sudanese orphans from Darfur" who needed urgent medical care and foster homes. The fiasco sheds new light on the activities of Western "angels of mercy" in Africa. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Jenna Bush Dodges Military Service Question

Staff / Truthdig Oct 11, 2007 How does the Bush family, including First Twin Jenna Bush, handle all the critical media coverage about George W? According to Jenna, they "don't watch too much television" And, when asked by Time reporter Carolyn Sayre why she isn't serving in Iraq, she insisted, " It's not even a practical question" Oh. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Europe Is Called Lax in Fight Against Child Trafficking

Staff / Truthdig Aug 31, 2006 A report by UNICEF and Terre des Hommes says Europe is not doing enough to address child trafficking, with thousands of children smuggled into Western Europe annually to become sex workers and slaves. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Norman Solomon: Hunger and the Limits of Journalism

Norman Solomon / Truthdig May 8, 2006 "Journalists routinely function as cogs in media machinery that processes tragedy [in this case world hunger] as just another news commodity." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )