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Mexico’s Runaway Train

Lillian Perlmutter / Truthdig May 25, 2023 A rail line built for tourists may destroy Indigenous communities up and down the Yucatán peninsula. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

World

Hindu Supremacists are Brutally Killing Muslim Men

Priti Gulati Cox and Stan Cox/ TomDispatch May 24, 2023 India is home to the world's largest fascist movement—which is making its presence felt in the US as well. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Film Review

The Death Camp Next Door

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig May 23, 2023 Jonathan Glazer unsettles Cannes with “The Zone of Interest.” Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Opinion

Behold and Protect the Wild Native American Horse

Christopher Ketcham / Truthdig May 23, 2023 Why is the cattle industry so afraid of recent findings in equine paleohistory? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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Lillian Perlmutter / Truthdig and Pablo Ortega May 22, 2023 Una línea de tren construida para los turistas podría destruir comunidades indígenas a lo largo y ancho de la península de Yucatán. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Africa

Cameroon’s Undercover Conservationists

Shuimo Trust / African Arguments May 22, 2023 Meet Cameroon’s undercover conservationists who are operating in a war zone. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Theater

Russian Playwright Arrested for First Time Since Soviet Era

Mikhail Kaluzhsky / Open Democracy May 18, 2023 The action has spooked Russia's theater world. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Americas

Tensions Rise in the Lead Up to the Guatemala Elections

Gladys Tzul Tzul & Simón Antonio Ramón / NACLA May 18, 2023 The run-up to Guatemala's Presidential elections have been escalating land theft, political imprisonments, and resistance. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Opinion

How America’s Divide-And-Rule Strategy in the Middle East Backfired

Juan Cole / TomDispatch May 17, 2023 China and the axis of the sanctioned. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Book Excerpt

Pinochet and Me: A Chilean Anti-Memoir

Marc Cooper / Truthdig May 16, 2023 The last man standing in defense of the “bourgeois” constitution would be the Marxist President, AK-47 in hand. Dig deeper ( 25 Min. Read )

Environment

Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon Fell 68% In April Compared With Last Year

Kenny Stancil / Common Dreams May 16, 2023 Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon down by 68% since last year—in part thanks to President Lula's policies. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Europe

Crucial Elections in Turkey

Joachim Becker / LeftEast May 15, 2023 Will President Erdogan hold on to power in Turkey amidst rising inflation and fallout from the botched earthquake response? Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )