Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigAug 4, 2015
“There were people crying out for help, calling after members of their family," Sunao Tsuboi said of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, which he survived when he was a college student. "I saw a schoolgirl with her eye hanging out of its socket. People looked like ghosts, bleeding and trying to walk before collapsing." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigFeb 4, 2015
Believe it or not, there was a time when the U.S. government funded "on-site, affordable, education-based child care 24 hours a day." But would this sort of service be possible to implement in today's America? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigAug 26, 2014
One of film's most beloved actors and directors died Sunday after 90 years of life and a career that somehow made giants of the 20th century (including Mahatma Gandhi, as played by Ben Kingsley, above) seem even grander. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Bill Boyarsky / TruthdigJul 12, 2014
President Barack Obama is repeating the mistakes of the past, allowing bigoted know-nothings to determine this nation's policy toward refugees. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 9, 2014
Haaretz columnist Gideon Levy argues that recent events have shown that the Jewish state has pity for only the Jews; scientists have found a possible explanation for conservative outrage over women having sex lives; meanwhile, an Ebola outbreak spread in large part due to deforestation. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Joe Conason / TruthdigJul 8, 2014
When the flags fly proudly on the Fourth of July, I remember what my late father taught me about love of country. Much as he despised the scoundrels and pretenders he liked to call "jelly-bellied flag flappers," after a line in a favorite Rudyard Kipling story, he was deeply patriotic. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigJun 7, 2014
One of the frustrations for a world historian is the unyieldingly parochial vision of the North Atlantic common among journalists and even many historians, and consequently among the public. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
William Pfaff / TruthdigMar 12, 2014
The Ukraine crisis has slowed to a temporary halt as none of the significant actors will speak directly to anyone else in a position to break the stalemate. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 10, 2014
Japan has no plan to alter a landmark 1993 apology over wartime sex slavery, the government's top spokesman said Monday, despite a controversial review of the statement that has sparked a backlash at home and abroad. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 5, 2014
A young Noam Chomsky was appalled by the "special" hatred the U.S. reserved for the Japanese during WWII; a reason to appreciate the polar vortex arises; meanwhile, privacy is becoming a luxury that few can afford. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigFeb 27, 2014
Former Vice President Dick Cheney has lambasted the Obama administration for its announcement that it will cut 8 percent out of the military budget and reduce standing army troop levels to their lowest since before World War II. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 18, 2014
One Japanese soldier remained at his post in the Philippines for 29 years in denial that the Second World War had ended. In his country, he is considered a hero. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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