If Privatizing Education Aggravates Inequality, Why Does the World Bank Support It?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 23, 2015 Fifteen years after the international community committed itself to bringing primary education to every boy and girl, 58 million children still lack access to schools, especially in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Exploited and Sexually Abused Qatari Migrant Workers Were Forced to Run Marathon

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Apr 7, 2015 Laborers were bused in -- some wearing jeans and flip-flops -- and told they had to run the race, which was a failed effort to break the Guinness World Record for the largest marathon. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Pope Francis to Issue ‘Unprecedented’ Edict on Climate Change

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 28, 2014 Could the pontiff achieve a feat that has eluded secular powers and inspire decisive action on climate change? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Former Amazon Employee to Fast for Better Worker Conditions

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 22, 2014 A former employee of the behemoth online retailer is set to go on a hunger strike Tuesday outside of its Seattle headquarters in an attempt to force the company to change certain of its "deceptive and fraudulent" business practices. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Thomas Frank: What’s the Matter With Democrats?

Staff / Truthdig Nov 7, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The "What's the Matter With Kansas?" author says Democrats blow off right-wing populism and "walk right into the buzz saw every time." Also: what to expect when you're expecting a Republican Senate, and Silicon Valley's take on indentured servitude. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Crap Jobs of the ‘On-Demand’ Economy

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 3, 2014 Companies like the car services Uber and Lyft, which are valued together at $30 billion, are successful only because the economic recovery has created a desperate workforce willing to work for a pittance, Bloomberg columnist Katie Benner writes. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Vulnerable Foreign Laborers Toil on U.S. Bases in Afghanistan

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 10, 2014 Al-Jazeera America looks at the human trafficking system that brings tens of thousands of foreign laborers to work on U.S. military bases in Afghanistan. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Internship Dead End

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 17, 2014 Young people like Andrew Lang are trapped in a "cycle of internships with little pay and no job offers," The New York Times reports. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Patriotism: Signs of Saturation

By James Rothenberg, CounterPunch Jan 4, 2014 Maddening that so many people can’t see through a selling technique that, while cleverly done, shouldn’t fool anybody. Sad to witness the Dependent Mind, the mind given over to authority and orthodoxy. Tragic that the young will learn to hate, fight, and die, and cause the reciprocal. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

‘What I Learned About Freedom From Hitchhiking Around America’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 29, 2013 "To be 'free' in America is at risk of becoming meaningless," Amien Essif, who hitchhiked from Denver to Portland, Ore., writes in The Guardian. "Our choices are increasingly limited to just two: to exploit or be exploited." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

More Than 50 Arrested in Wal-Mart Civil Disobedience

Staff / Truthdig Nov 9, 2013 If you're wondering why Wal-Mart is advertising about how well it treats its worker bees, it may be because demonstrators have launched an ambitious campaign to draw attention to the retail giant's exploitation and alleged abuse of employees. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Working Girls Gone Wild in Amsterdam’s De Wallen

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 2, 2013 Men in Amsterdam's red light district got an unsettling surprise when a group of shop window strippers put on an unexpected show. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )