Wounds of War

Trump Can Boycott, but the Failure and End of Vietnam War Is a Fact

Paul R. Pillar / Responsible Statecraft Apr 29, 2025 Wednesday is the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, marking the beginning of decades of repairing relations and national reflection. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Environment

Trump’s Halt of an Agent Orange Cleanup Puts Hundreds of Thousands at Risk

Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Brett Murphy, Le Van / ProPublica Mar 17, 2025 After losing several weeks because of the administration’s orders, companies are scrambling to secure the site before Vietnam’s rainy season. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Opinion

The Specter of Hubert Humphrey Haunts Kamala Harris

Norman Solomon / Truthdig Aug 15, 2024 A Democratic convention in Chicago isn’t the summer’s only echo with 1968. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Activism

Why Protests Work, Even When They’re Divisive

Mark Engler, Paul Engler / Waging Nonviolence Jul 12, 2024 Organizers must learn to embrace the polarizing nature of protest in order to use it effectively. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Opinion

War Culture Versus Ethical Passion

Norman Solomon / TomDispatch May 9, 2024 In praise of the young people insisting that a culture of doublethink and death is unacceptable. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Activism

Students Are Horrified by What They’re Seeing — Just as in ’68

Mark Rudd / Waging Nonviolence May 3, 2024 An organizer of the 1968 Columbia University protests on why the message against war, then and now, is the same. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

Kissinger’s Final Legacy

Christopher Weyant Dec 4, 2023 Dig deeper

Wounds of War

Biden Is the Latest President to Tout the Vietnam War as Proud History

Norman Solomon / Truthdig Sep 22, 2023 Telling central truths about the Vietnam War is a basic threat to the U.S. war machine. No wonder the leaders of the warfare state would rather keep pretending. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Activism

Farewell, Brother Staughton

Carl Mirra / History News Network Dec 6, 2022 Staughton Lynd offended the advantaged class, but was often embraced by the working class. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Health Experts: Human-to-Human Spread of New Virus Worrying

KEN MORITSUGU / The Associated Press Jan 29, 2020 For a second day, the number of infections of the coronavirus grow dramatically. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Noam Chomsky Makes the Case for the Lesser of Two Evils

Robert Scheer and Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jan 17, 2020 In the second part of his interview with Robert Scheer, the renowned thinker shares his criticisms of Israel and his views on electoralism. Dig deeper ( 21 Min. Read )

Paul Krugman in Imperial Fantasy Land

Jacob Bacharach / Truthdig Jan 14, 2020 The New York Times columnist insists that Donald Trump is an aberration. It’s an argument that ignores centuries of American history. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )