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The Russian-flagged oil tanker Anatoly Kolodkin

Russian Oil Tanker Reaches Cuba

Lee Schlenker / Responsible Statecraft Mar 31, 2026 The move comes amid fears of a deepening humanitarian crisis on the island and possibility of renewed diplomatic engagement. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Flames rise from an oil storage facility south of the capital of Tehran struck during the U.S.-Israel war

Military

Laboratory for Slaughter

Iman Ganji, Bahar Noorizadeh / n+1 Mar 27, 2026 The language of “precision strikes” functions as a fiction. Israel and the U.S. are deindustrializing Iran. Dig deeper ( 19 Min. Read )

Gisèle Pelicot leaves the courthouse in Avignon, France

Global Voices

France Was Changed by the Gisèle Pelicot Case, But Not Enough

Diane de Vignemont / Truthdig Mar 27, 2026 French society has been shaken by the public trial of 51 rapists — leading to an emboldened feminist movement and a clearer definition of rape. But women feel there is still a long way to go. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Dave Thomas fills his vehicle with fuel at a service station in Chicago

Business & Economy

Iran War Exposes the Energy Dominance Lie

Jonathan Thompson / High Country News Mar 26, 2026 True energy independence comes from weaning ourselves from fossil fuels. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

An Afghan woman, barred by the Taliban from attending university, reads from her notebooks at her home in Kabul

Global Voices

U.S. Sanctions, War and Climate Inflicting a Heavy Mental Health Toll in Afghanistan

Salma Niazi / Truthdig Mar 24, 2026 A generation of young Afghans is struggling with unemployment and the consequent psychological distress. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

A gas station in Quezon City, Philippines

Business & Economy

Our Allies Are Paying for Trump’s Iran ‘Excursion’

Dean Baker / Beat the Press Mar 24, 2026 The war with Iran has been as an economic shock for U.S. allies, undermining claims that other countries should be thankful for the conflict. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Global Voices

Can the United Nations Survive Without the US?

Alice Kohli / Truthdig Mar 20, 2026 Beset by one of its worst budget and political crises since its founding in 1945, the U.N. is struggling to uphold its core mission of safeguarding global peace and human rights. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to the media at Downing Street, in London

Europe

Pretending Corbyn Never Won

Luke Savage / Truthdig Mar 18, 2026 On left-liberal coalitions, the Labour Party, and a load-bearing myth of centrist politics. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Marti

Opinion

The DNC’s Middle East Working Group Is a Stalling Mechanism

Norman Solomon / Truthdig Mar 18, 2026 Snail-slow and politically incoherent, the party’s attempt to reckon with Israel is just more political malpractice and moral failure. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Dade County, Fla., motorists form a long line at a gas station in Miami in 1973

Military

Trump Bombing US-Arab Relations Back to the 1970s

Paul R. Pillar / Responsible Statecraft Mar 17, 2026 Two weeks of escalation have all but eliminated the possibility of a detente in the Persian Gulf. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Interview

One Year Later: An Interview With Mahmoud Khalil

Michael Arria / Mondoweiss Mar 16, 2026 The former Columbia student activist — whose arrest by ICE kicked off a wave of suppression on campuses — speaks on the administration’s lawfare tactics, free speech and his ongoing fight for justice. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Portrait of late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei son Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei

Opinion

Every Death ‘a Separate Case in the File of Retaliation’

Matt Bivens / Truthdig Mar 16, 2026 Iran's new leader is keeping a list for revenge, while ours says he might drop more bombs "just for fun." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )