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'Our Land' Review: Memories of Murder
1+ hour, 5+ min ago (48+ words) A documentary about Indigenous land rights wrestles with Argentina's colonial legacy. The post Memories of Murder, Premonitions of Ecocide appeared first on Truthdig. In 2026, amid chaos and the nonstop flurry of headlines, Truthdig remains independent, fact-based and focused on exposing…...
Beyond the Dog Whistle
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (1321+ words) In a recent'podcast interview'with'The New York Times, political science'Professor Robert Pape'pointed out that acceptance of political violence is today higher than it's been in generations. Tens of millions of Americans, his research shows, are now accepting of things as extreme…...
The Controlled Information Ecosystem of American Incarceration
1+ week, 43+ min ago (771+ words) When news of the Epstein files first broke, I watched it unfold on a television I do not own, in a room I cannot leave, on a TV channel I did not choose. The framing I received about Jeffrey Epstein'the…...
1979 Redux: The Carterization of Donald Trump
1+ week, 2+ day ago (410+ words) The long habit of underestimating revolutionary Iran has proved fatal to American presidencies. The hostage today is the world's energy supply. Trump is now caught in bind similar to the one in which Carter found himself inextricably entangled. The hostages…...
Who's Against San Francisco's Overpaid Executive Tax?
1+ week, 2+ day ago (484+ words) The proposal is expected to generate as much as$300 millionper year. Heavyweight corporate lobby groups have also ponied up sizeable sums. While some of these outfits might claim to represent small businesses, they are doing the bidding of large corporations…...
The World Is Getting Too Hot To Feed Itself
1+ week, 3+ day ago (537+ words) In the report, Brazil is the sole country-level case study explored in detail; the country's exports face outsize pressure from warming temperatures and the oscillating extremes of natural weather cycles'El Ni'o and La Ni'a. But a few dozen other nations…...
Trump Alliance Cracks as Climate Denialists Turn on RFK Jr. s Movement
1+ week, 3+ day ago (809+ words) At the right-wing'Heartland Institute's International Conference on Climate Change held in Washington, D. C. , earlier this month, speakers mocked their usual cast of environmental targets: Greta Thunberg, John Kerry, and of course, Al Gore. But the fringe climate denial movement that Heartland…...
For Commentators on Iran, Mass Murder Is Magic
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1177+ words) In the wake of the temporary US/Iran ceasefire, hawkish commentary in leading American newspapers advanced the premise that the US can dictate terms to Iran in negotiations, with a faith in the power of Washington's military might that was…...
Trump's Budget Guts Local Libraries and Museums
2+ week, 1+ hour ago (813+ words) WASHINGTON " President Donald Trump is looking to eliminate funding in fiscal 2027 for the agency that serves as the primary federal funding source for libraries and museums nationwide. But congressional appropriators " who rebuffed similar efforts to gut the agency in fiscal…...
Les "tats-Unis pr'tendent aider la RDC, mais l'enjeu r'el est le contr'le des minerais
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1351+ words) Un peu plus loin, Jean-Claude Mpongo, conducteur de moto-taxi, attend un client. "Le Congo est riche, tout le monde le dit, " assure-t-il. " Mais nous, on ne voit pas cette richesse. Les routes sont mauvaises, le travail est rare, et la…...