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Marco Rubio Is Running Out of Time to Deliver Middle East Return on Investment for Big Donors

Sandy Tolan / Truthdig Mar 3, 2016 Can Marco Rubio win Florida to stay in the presidential race? Three billionaire supporters with hard-line views on Israel hope so. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

What Could Go Wrong in 2016?

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Jan 1, 2016 You probably noticed that 2015 was pretty weird. But hey, it's a brand new year -- a fresh start, a blank slate, an unwritten script. In 2016, what could possibly go wrong? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

2015 in Review: A Very Good Year at the Movies

By John Patterson Dec 29, 2015 What do “Straight Outta Compton,” “Carol” and “Mad Max: Fury Road” have in common? They all made Truthdig film reviewer John Patterson’s 2015 list of favorites. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Armenian Genocide: 100 Years On, the Few Survivors Left Recall Events

Staff / Truthdig Dec 27, 2015 Starting in 1915, about 1.5 million Armenians were marched through a declining Ottoman Empire, based in what is now Turkey, to their deaths in the Syrian town of Deir ez-Zor and surrounding desert. One hundred years later, only a handful of survivors remain to tell the stories of the Armenian genocide. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The World Mocks the Promise of Christmas

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Dec 24, 2015 Killing in the name of God is not a new thing in history -- and nothing does more to discredit faith.Killing in the name of God is not a new thing in history—and nothing does more to discredit faith. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

2015 in Review: Amid the Gloom Covering Our Planet, Some Rays of Light

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 22, 2015 On the winter solstice, a Truthdig review of the year's environmental stories finds cause for hope in our poison-riddled world. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

40 Years On, the Vietnam War Continues for Victims of Agent Orange

Marjorie Cohn / Truthdig Dec 17, 2015 A Vietnamese delegation is in the US to support a bill that would help remedy this humanitarian crisis, which inflicts suffering on both the old and the newly born The U has a moral obligation to make this bill law. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

VIDEOS: Activists at the COP21 Climate Change Summit in Paris

Staff / Truthdig Dec 15, 2015 In these videos, Truthdig columnist Sonali Kolhatkar reports from the COP21 climate change conference in Paris that concluded over the weekend, speaking to activists from around the globe on the front lines of the fight for climate justice. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Thank Climate Justice Activists for Doing All They Can to Curb Warming

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Dec 13, 2015 Even though conference delegates have now agreed on a global framework for addressing climate change, it is not good enough for the planet, and certainly not for those who have been demonstrating in the streets of Paris. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

COP21: What It Does — and Doesn’t — Accomplish

By John Atcheson / Common Dreams Dec 13, 2015 In terms of avoiding catastrophic climate change, there’s an enormous -- and disastrous -- gap between what was agreed to at the Paris summit and what was needed. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

VIDEO: COP21 Climate Change Summit in Paris Reaches Landmark Deal

Staff / Truthdig Dec 13, 2015 After two weeks of negotiations, nearly 200 countries agreed to a carbon emissions-slashing deal that may signal an end to the fossil fuel era. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Beijing Issues Its First Red Alert Over Smog as the City Goes Into Shutdown

Staff / Truthdig Dec 8, 2015 The ruling will impose tougher restrictions on industry and business in an attempt to curb the Chinese capital's pollution, which Greenpeace has called an “airpocalypse.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )