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Film

Becoming Anthony Bourdain

Veronica Phillips / Truthdig Aug 6, 2026 A new biopic serves up a portrait of the chef as a young man. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Global Voices

High Effort, No Reward: From Delhi to Seoul, Youth Have Had Enough

Safina Nabi / Truthdig Aug 5, 2026 Promised that studying hard would lead to stable jobs, Indian and Asian students instead face high suicide rates and exam leaks. In Delhi, students protested for 36 days and won — or did they? Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Ear to the Ground

The Fauci Hearings: Fair Questions, Wrong Approach

Truthdig staff / Truthdig Aug 5, 2026 Reviving the hatreds and loyalties of 2020 won’t settle the mysteries around COVID-19 — or help us prevent and prepare for the next pandemic. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

TD Column

Will a Democratic Socialist Be the Next Governor of Wisconsin?

Conor Lynch / Truthdig Aug 3, 2026 Thanks to unabashed left positions on inequality, healthcare, labor and data centers, Francesca Hong has generated strong momentum headed into next week’s primary. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Film

James Baldwin’s Paris Ghost

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Jul 31, 2026 An unconventional biopic imagines the author’s first year as an expatriate. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Ear to the Ground

Social Media Bans Are Gaining Popularity. They’re Also a Bad Idea

Truthdig staff / Truthdig Jul 30, 2026 Laws targeting kids’ access to social media miss the target. We should be holding companies responsible, not children. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

TD Original

Homage to Rojava

Matt Broomfield / Truthdig Jul 30, 2026 The Kurdish project to build a new kind of democracy amid the Syrian civil war is ending. A journalist who has followed the revolution for years asks: What did it all mean? Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Lessons from Rojava

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The Misguided Push for Social Media Bans

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How R. James Woolsey Turned Islamophobia Into Big Business

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Global Voices

Buitres sobrevolando los escombros: tropas y empresas estadounidenses se abalanzan sobre Venezuela

Jessica Dos Santos Jardim / Truthdig Jul 27, 2026 Tras los terremotos, tropas estadounidenses e israelíes llegaron a Venezuela, pero lo que parece motivar su presencia son los intereses económicos y el control político, no la recuperación humanitaria. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Global Voices

Vultures Circling the Rubble: US Troops and Businesses Descend on Venezuela

Jessica Dos Santos Jardim / Truthdig Jul 27, 2026 After the June earthquakes, U.S. and Israeli troops have arrived in Venezuela, but economic and political interests, not humanitarian recovery, appear to be driving their presence. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )