Staff / TruthdigNov 30, 2015
A new report reveals that two killings of environmental activists occurred on average every week -- up a fifth from 2013. Nearly three-quarters of the known deaths were in Central and South America. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigNov 30, 2015
The Russian sanctions announced by President Vladimir Putin on Saturday could have a severe impact on the Turkish economy. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigNov 30, 2015
Russian President Vladimir Putin explained his rationale for asking Russian tourists to leave Turkey last week, and it is ominous. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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Juan Cole / TruthdigNov 29, 2015
French President Francois Hollande met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow last week, in his marathon search for a “grand and unique coalition” against Islamic State (Daesh) in Syria. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 21, 2015
For weeks, Israeli forces have shut a village of 6,000 people out from entering Jerusalem from the occupied West Bank; scientists find that when it comes to fighting bacteria that resist antibiotics, viruses may come in handy; meanwhile, one writer explains why Elizabeth Warren is right about the Trans-Pacific Partnership. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 15, 2015
As the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon approaches, Paul Lobo Portugés' moving poem serves as a reminder of the pernicious and long-lasting effects American interventionism has had in Vietnam. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigJul 22, 2014
American politics was trundling along on its usual unserious and trivial trajectory when news of the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in Ukraine shook the world. Suddenly, the stakes in public life and foreign policy were very high. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 19, 2014
"If I end up in chains in Guantanamo," the NSA whistle-blower tells The Guardian's Alan Rusbridger and Ewen MacAskill in a must-see interview, "I can live with that." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 11, 2014
Some people believe the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign may be an important step toward true peace between Israel and Palestine; an old Belgian ghost town has become a graffiti artist haven; meanwhile, more problems between book publishers and Amazon are expected to arise. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Col. Ann Wright / TruthdigApr 9, 2013
The Turkish NGO that coordinated part of the 2010 Gaza Freedom Flotilla says that families of the nine passengers killed by Israeli commandos have rejected the country's recent apology. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 18, 2011
After five weeks of struggling to avoid a total meltdown at the quake- and tsunami-battered Fukushima nuclear plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co. has announced that it could be nine months before it is able to cool damaged reactors completely. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 12, 2011
Japanese officials have revised the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi plant to level 7, making it the second such disaster in history, the only one since the Chernobyl meltdown. It had previously been described as being on the scale of Three Mile Island, a smaller event. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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