Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigSep 10, 2015
Children all over the world are suffering, and families remain trapped by artificial borders and legal requirements. Rather than simply increase quotas for some refugees, we need to envision a world where everyone has the right to flee violence and poverty. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigSep 5, 2015
The country's youths are taking to the streets, demanding restoration of trash collection and other public services and an end to government corruption. At the root of the turmoil: the politics of religious identity. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigSep 3, 2015
Even though there is growing public anger at police for the savage encounters they provoke, there is no evidence that people are targeting police violently as a result. Law enforcement needs to stop waging war on Americans before there are concerted reprisals. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
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Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigAug 27, 2015
Both low-paid and elite workers at Amazon and other companies are being pushed to their limits. Without unions to protect them from the brutality of corporate demands, workers are at the mercy of Jeff Bezos and his ilk. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigAug 20, 2015
Key human rights groups have warned about war crimes and mass starvation in the U.S.-backed, Saudi-led war on Yemen. But almost as stunning as the atrocities there is the silence of politicians and the public. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigJul 23, 2015
Black Lives Matter changed the life of one young activist. Now, despite being hit with numerous criminal charges for her activism, she refuses to back down on her organizing. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigJul 16, 2015
Oil, gas and coal companies have damaged our planet by lying to the public about climate change, even though they have known for decades that it is real and man-made. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigJul 10, 2015
While Greece is not the first country to defy the IMF’s prescriptions, it is uniquely poised to underscore, once and for all, capitalism's incompatibility with democracy. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigJul 2, 2015
Now that the Supreme Court has preserved the Affordable Care Act and private insurers have won, the real battle for single-payer health care must begin. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigJun 25, 2015
We cannot deny that there has been a long-standing problem of racism against African-Americans in Asian communities. Facing our biases and joining the struggle for racial justice is our only hope for redemption. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigJun 18, 2015
The more I read about Dolezal and her life in “blackface,” the angrier I got. Here are 10 reasons her critics are on solid ground in denouncing her. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigJun 11, 2015
The Los Angeles Police Commission ruling in the notorious case does nothing to satisfy the demands for justice being voiced by angry protesters at a commission hearing and in front of the mayor’s home. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
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