Our Obtuse Approach to Drugs Is Killing Americans

Jill Richardson / OtherWords Feb 24, 2019 For decades the U.S. has tried to stop drug traffic and made the problem worse. We need to treat the root causes of addiction instead. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Predators Home In on Developmentally Disabled Women

Geri Spieler / Truthdig Feb 18, 2019 It’s time society took seriously the care and protection of its most vulnerable citizens. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

How the Heart Can Heal the Brain

Alexis Camins / Truthdig Dec 14, 2018 "The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog" is a powerful testament to how the brain can heal, through loving relationships, from even the most extreme cases of trauma. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Women

Rebuilding Lives After Domestic Abuse

Truthdig staff / Truthdig May 1, 2018 With help, and sometimes sheer determination, many women can emerge from abusive relationships stronger than ever. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Reporting a Rape Can Bring Doubt, Abuse and Even Prosecution

Ken Armstrong and T. Christian Miller / ProPublica Nov 25, 2017 Although some police agencies are experimenting with ways to be more responsive to rape victims, it is clear that there are no simple solutions. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Politics

After a Rape: Getting Through a Maze, Part I

Truthdig staff / Truthdig Jun 29, 2017 Programs help sexual assault survivors confront a tangle of law enforcement, medical and legal proceedings. (Pictured, part of a webpage of a nonprofit group that reports and records sexual assaults.) Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Trauma Inflicted on Children in the War on Terror Is Clouding Global Society’s Future

By Karen J. Greenberg / TomDispatch Jun 18, 2017 If the defeat of terrorist groups means the destruction of childhood and the death of dreams across much of the world, what kind of victory will that be? Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

The Ghosts Within: A Journalist’s Struggle With PTSD

By Garry Leech Feb 13, 2017 After 13 years covering the U.S. war on drugs in Colombia, an investigative reporter begins a new journey with his family—learning how to live with an invisible illness. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

Understanding Trauma Is an Important Part of Every Sexual Violence Story

By Jessica Luther Sep 13, 2016 To have a better conversation about the problem, within college football and beyond, we need to examine how trauma affects the brain The Jameis Winston case works well for this To have a better conversation about the problem, within college football and beyond, we need examine how trauma affects the brain . Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

When Children Witness Violence at Home

Truthdig staff / Truthdig Aug 3, 2016 Without interventions, youngsters exposed to toxic conflict in the household can carry scars throughout their lives. Here are some innovative ways to help the most vulnerable victims as the start of school approaches. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

AUDIO: ‘Black Lives Matter Is a Re-Humanizing Project’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 7, 2016 A cross-generational conversation with a Black Lives Matter founder and a trauma doctor, who is trying to redefine public health in terms of human wholeness, deals with the culture and society the movement is trying to create. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Best Truthdig Poetry of 2015

Staff / Truthdig Dec 21, 2015 Here are the 10 poems that readers liked best from our very own original political poetry series, inaugurated this year. Here are the 10 poems that readers liked best from our very own original political poetry series, inaugurated this year. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )