TD Column

Gentrification’s Theater of Dreams

Erin Aubry Kaplan / Truthdig Sep 7, 2023 Can historically Black L.A. neighborhoods have development without displacement? Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Development With Dignity

Zubeida Mustafa / Truthdig May 24, 2019 Villagers in Pakistan show how aid projects can succeed when they, rather than government officials or donors, set the agenda and invest in the work. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

World Bank Expects 140 Million Climate Refugees by 2050

Alex Kirby / Climate News Network Mar 21, 2018 The estimate is a conservative one, based on just three regions of the developing world, and considers only people migrating within their own countries, not those seeking a new life abroad. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Band of Amateur Activists Rallies Around a Legendary Tree

Neil Cohen / LA Progressive Dec 21, 2017 In a year of political discord, terror, media bombast and natural disasters, a community of all political persuasions comes together to try to save a tree. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Displacing the Unprofitable and Undesirable in California’s San Jose

By Rich Gutierrez & Leslie Patron / SV De-Bug Apr 22, 2017 The policing of the Fountain Alley area—and, by extension, downtown San Jose—targets the very people who need the most help and protection. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Netherlands Is Starting a Fund to Counter Trump’s Global Anti-Choice Efforts

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jan 25, 2017 After a Trump order bans aid to groups that "offer abortion counseling" in developing nations, Dutch Trade and Development Minister Lilianne Ploumen, pictured, announces plans to "fill the gap." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Oxfam Says Close-Fisted Wealthy Nations Are ‘Failing the People of Syria’

By Nadia Prupis, Common Dreams Feb 1, 2016 While some small European countries are donating more than their fair share to aid Syrians, the U.S., Saudi Arabia and Russia are still far behind. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Truth About Poverty and How to Address It

Staff / Truthdig Oct 8, 2015 It's high time United Nations agencies and the mainstream media acknowledge the true scale of global poverty and engage in a long overdue public debate on how ambitious and transformative the international development agenda really is. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Renewable Energy Redoubles Its Global Reach

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Jun 27, 2015 As the world economy and energy use both grew in 2014, renewables continued their rapid rise -- but carbon emissions did not. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Combating Climate Dangers Is Seen as Medical Emergency

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Jun 24, 2015 International experts say the last 50 years of health advances worldwide will be jeopardized unless urgent steps are taken to confront climate change. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Pope Calls for Moral Campaign on Climate Crisis

By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network Jun 17, 2015 A hard-hitting message from the Vatican warns of the threat global warming poses to the world’s ecosystems -- and everyone on the planet. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Delegates Accused of ‘Fiddling’ While the Planet Burns

By Paul Brown, Climate News Network Jun 12, 2015 A tame end to climate talks in Bonn, Germany, leaves critics fearing that hopes are fading for a binding agreement aimed at stopping global warming. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )