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At the Border in 2024

Lillian Perlmutter / Truthdig Mar 25, 2024 A decade of anti-immigrant rhetoric and unstable, post-pandemic conditions in the Global South have coalesced into a multibillion-dollar, election-year battle to keep poor people in Latin America from accessing the United States. This Dig series seeks to explore: What is it like to traverse this landscape as a migrant, and what would it look like if we opened it all up?

2024 EPPY Award: First Place, Best News or Event Feature

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Fragments of Ukraine

Michael Nigro / Truthdig Aug 17, 2023 “Fragments of Ukraine” is a multimedia Dig series documenting Michael Nigro’s travels through Ukraine during May and June of 2023.

2024 Southern California Journalism Award: First Place, Multimedia Package & 2024 EPPY Award: First Place, Best News or Event Feature Video

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The Scramble for Deep-Sea Minerals

Rachel Reeves / Truthdig Jul 31, 2023 This Dig series explores the development and impact of a quickening international competition to plumb the ocean's deepest reaches for the minerals required for renewable-energy technologies, from wind turbines to EV batteries. Dig deeper

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Green-Tinted Glasses

Christopher Ketcham / Truthdig Apr 4, 2023 Absent from most public and policy conversations is any acknowledgement of the possibility that renewable energy cannot power a high-consumption civilization. This series will explore mounting evidence that a major downshift in consumption is looming — and explore the implications of this energy realism for human progress and flourishing. Dig deeper

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Chile’s Utopia Has Been Postponed

Marc Cooper / Truthdig Mar 8, 2023 Journalist Marc Cooper was serving as personal translator to Chilean president Salvador Allende when the 1973 U.S.-backed coup led by Augusto Pinochet forced him to flee the country. In January, Cooper returned to Santiago to observe the country’s political situation 50 years later. He found a Chile transformed but uncertain, struggling to chart a course forward one year after the election of its first leftist government since Allende.

2024 Southern California Journalism Award: Second Place, Feature

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Eugenics in the Twenty-First Century: New Names, Old Ideas

Émile P. Torres / Truthdig Jan 20, 2023 Exploring the well-documented history of a racist techno-utopian ideology rooted in eugenics. Dig deeper

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The Supreme Court’s War on the Future

Bill Blum / Truthdig Dec 19, 2022 This Dig investigates the political and ideological capture of the Supreme Court by the GOP and its dark-money donors. After chronicling the legal doctrine of "originalism" and its influence in pulling the country backwards, this series explores how Americans can reclaim the Court in the name of our rights, our liberties, and our democracy. Dig deeper

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The Persecution of Julian Assange

Truthdig staff / Truthdig Nov 28, 2022 This Dig series investigates the decade-long intimidation and repression campaigns led by the U.S. and British governments against imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, as well as global efforts by activists and media organizations to recognize his contributions to journalism and protect whistleblowers, in the name of First Amendment rights. Dig deeper

A soldier in combat gear sits cross-legged with a gun across his lap, looking down at the ground while a psychedelic burst of bright colors erupts behind him.

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The Ecstasy of Agony

Russell Hausfeld / Truthdig Nov 1, 2022 How the military and veterans became the unlikely mascots for MDMA and the psychedelic renaissance. Dig deeper