Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigApr 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 )
Donald Kaufman / TruthdigApr 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 )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigDec 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 )
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Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigNov 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 )
Staff / TruthdigNov 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 )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigOct 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 )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMar 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 )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigFeb 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 )
By James Rothenberg, CounterPunchJan 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 )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigDec 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 )
Staff / TruthdigNov 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 )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigSep 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 )
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