Making Torture American Again, With Help From Hollywood

[Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists]( Tuesday, September 24, 2019 Featured story Arts & Culture [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Making Torture American Again, With Help From Hollywood]( By Kasia Anderson — Author and researcher Alex Adams says it's "not just thrillers or action movies; torture is everywhere." [Read more]( News Economy & Business [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [We're Inching Closer to Earth's Deadliest Tipping Points]( By Tim Radford — Passing the Paris Agreement target of 1.5°C (35 °F) spells disaster, with more extremes of global heat. [Read more]( Opinion Activism [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Greta Thunberg Radically Shifts the Discourse on Climate Change]( By Juan Cole — In her speech to the United Nations General Assembly, the Swedish activist fingers the true culprits of the climate crisis. [Read more]( International [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [A Veteran in a World of Never-Ending Wars and IEDs]( By Maj. Danny Sjursen — U.S. foreign policy had spun out of control. [Read more]( Activism [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [There's No Chance Corporate Elites Will Fix Inequality]( By Jim Hightower — The CEOs of 181 union-busting, tax-cheating, polluting corporations are asking us to believe they stand with us in the fight against them. [Read more]( International [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Ending the Afghan War Won’t End the Killing]( By Stephanie Savell — A major legacy of the U.S. war on terror in Afghanistan, which began in October 2001 and shows little sign of actually ending anytime soon. [Read more]( Economy & Business [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Will the Ukraine Scandal Be Trump's Undoing?]( By Juan Cole — The president's pressure on the Ukrainian president to investigate Joe Biden may very well lead to his impeachment. [Read more]( Cartoon [Global Idiocy]( By Steve Sack [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Donate Today!]( [Follow Truthdig on Twitter]( [Find us on Facebook]( Truthdig 1158 26th Street #443 Santa Monica, CA 90403-4698 [Support Truthdig]( | [Contact Us]( | [Unsubscribe]( | [Update Profile](