Global Voices

Tackling Opioid Addiction in Indian Country

Chelsey Luger / Truthdig Feb 12, 2018 Pharmaceutical companies should be held accountable for their role in further damaging Native peoples’ well-being, but that’s only the beginning. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Pakistanis Draw a Line Against Guns: We Will Not Dance to War Drums

Zubeida Mustafa / Truthdig Jan 4, 2018 A small but persistent group in Pakistan—fed up with firearm violence among the populace—challenges a deeply ingrained gun culture. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Was 2017 the Beginning of the End of Social Injustice in America?

Chelsey Luger / Truthdig Dec 27, 2017 Donald Trump's election might be the best thing that ever happened to marginalized and oppressed people. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Pakistan Has a Health Care Solution Worth Exploring

Zubeida Mustafa / Truthdig Dec 23, 2017 An institution that thrives because of private donors and public financing serves as a model for U.S. reform. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Hey, Victoria’s Secret: Cultural Appropriation Isn’t Hot. It’s Wrong.

Chelsey Luger / Truthdig Dec 1, 2017 Stealing or misappropriating Native culture is a problem in the fashion world. Hiring indigenous people would solve it. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

What Do We Owe Indigenous America?

Chelsey Luger / Truthdig Nov 22, 2017 It’s impossible to say how much money, land and lives indigenous people have lost to colonization over the years, but it’s worth a look—especially now, on Thanksgiving. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

New American Strategy in South Asia Targets Pakistan

Zubeida Mustafa / Truthdig Nov 3, 2017 President Trump seems to have abandoned the traditional, evenhanded U.S. stance toward the region’s two major powers, Pakistan and India. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Dr. Pfau’s Leprosy Miracle

Zubeida Mustafa / Truthdig Sep 9, 2017 Pfau, who died last month, paved the way for humane treatment of Pakistani leprosy patients, with an approach that dramatically lowered incidence of the disease. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Women Are at the Heart of Development in Pakistan

Zubeida Mustafa / Truthdig Aug 9, 2017 Those looking at Pakistan from the outside often miss stories about change-makers who do their country proud. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Kaboom Town

By Abrahm Lustgarten / ProPublica Jul 24, 2017 The U.S. military burns millions of pounds of munitions in a tiny, African-American corner of Louisiana. The town’s residents, including Frankie McCray (pictured), say they’re forgotten in the toxic plume. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Yes, Sweden Is a Paradise Lost—but Not Because of Immigration

Kajsa Ekis Ekman / Truthdig Apr 21, 2017 In a whirlwind of rumors, Sweden has come to occupy a central role, cast as the innocent, naive, white country in the North that has collapsed because of its own goodness. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Ascendance and Disruption in Zimbabwe, a Tale of Two Political Women

Peta Thornycroft / Truthdig Jun 1, 2015 How the African nation's first lady, Grace Mugabe, successfully led a campaign to oust Vice President Joice Mujuru, the woman whom many believed would be its next president. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )