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Becoming What We Seek to Destroy

Chris Hedges / Truthdig May 11, 2009 The bodies of dozens, perhaps well over a hundred, women, children and men, their corpses blown into bits of human flesh by iron fragmentation bombs dropped by U.S. warplanes in a village in the western province of Farah, illustrates the futility of the Afghan war. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Afghanistan in Crisis

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Nov 30, 2008 The collapse of Afghanistan is closer than the world believes. Kandahar is in Taliban hands -- all but a square mile at the centre of the city --and the first Taliban checkpoints are scarcely 15 miles from Kabul. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The High Price of Democracy in Cuba

Staff / Truthdig Nov 16, 2006 The Government Accountability Office has found that USAID funds meant to promote democracy in Cuba were improperly used to purchase luxury items including leather coats, crab meat and Godiva chocolates. A representative of one of the Cuban-American groups charged with distributing the funds defended the purchases: "These people are going hungry. They never get any chocolate there." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Why Are GOP’ers Protecting Condom Production?

Staff / Truthdig Oct 31, 2006 America has pledged to give condoms to Africa, but Asian factories produce them cheaper than we do So why have GOP congressmen been so successful in securing federal condom-producing contracts for American factories, instead of the more efficient Asian ones? Hint: It's not because conservatives are lightening up about their historical antipathy toward non-procreational sex . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gov’t Agency Paints Dire Picture of ‘Out-of-Control’ Iraq

Staff / Truthdig Jan 18, 2006 This official U.S. assessment is much darker than what the Pentagon is peddling to the public. It was drawn up for contractors bidding on rehab projects. | storyCall us cynical, but why exactly are they getting different intel than the rest of us? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )