AltWeeklies Wire
Why You Should Know About the Death of Jimmy Chastainnew
A soldier handled toxic chemicals during the Gulf War. The government made it difficult for him to receive benefits.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
12-01-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Sgt. Briggs's Warnew
Bob Briggs got a head full of shrapnel in Iraq. Then he came home to more wars: to regain the use of his half-paralyzed body, and to get the U.S. government to pay for his medical care.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Molly Priesmeyer |
11-30-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Veteran Complains of 'Massive Killing' in Fallujahnew
A Colorado Springs veteran, Jeff Englehart, claims the United States used a flesh-melting substance called white phosphorus in an assault on Fallujah.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Michael de Yoanna |
11-18-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
The War Withinnew
At war in Iraq for eleven months, Stephen Sherwood was a "rock-solid" soldier. Back home for nine days, he came undone in a tragic fit of violence, shooting his wife, then turning a gun on himself.
Rocky Mountain Bullhorn |
Joshua Zaffos |
10-10-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Casualties on the Home Frontnew
Murders and suicides by military personnel might be part of the Iraq war toll.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
08-31-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Uncle Sam's Rolodexnew
Massachusetts peace organizations are going head-to-head with military recruiters in order to offer potential soldiers alternative information to signing up.
Dig Boston |
Chris Farone |
08-10-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Tough Lesson in Gun Buyingnew
Amaya Hanshaw joined the Air Force under the GI Bill so she could pay for college later. Instead, she might be starting a prison sentence for buying two pistols.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Rebecca Ford |
07-22-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
The Fate of Georgia's Fortsnew
The seemingly losing battle to save four Georgia military bases -- and 6,000 military and civilian jobs -- has state and local officials debating what to do with the properties, should the bases close.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
07-07-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Fort Carsondadnew
To prepare its soldiers for war, the U.S. Army is building mock Iraqi villages on a military base near you -- complete with anti-Bush graffiti and Iraqi-American villagers.
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Warner |
06-24-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Lionesses of Iraqnew
As a military police platoon leader in Operation Iraqi Freedom, 1st Lt. Erica Smith was about as close as a woman can get to combat in today's military. But that was far from the only battle she had to face in Iraq.
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Warner |
06-08-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
The Three-Chord Sound of Homenew
Soldiers in Iraq find solace in punk music, but a band that played for them was met with angry anti-war protest.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jimmy Calanchini |
05-13-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Spying on the Governmentnew
A University of California, Berkeley, geographer maps the secret military bases of the American West -- where billions of dollars disappear into creepy clandestine projects.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
A. C. Thompson |
05-04-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Major Tom to Ground Controlnew
Activist Tom Hayden gives Canada's New Democratic Party a strategy to win refuge for U.S. soldiers fleeing service in Iraq.
NOW Magazine |
Matt Mernagh |
04-29-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Precious Medalsnew
Vietnam veteran Joe Wilkins, who built a distinguished career in academia and local and state government, claims he was twice wounded in combat and earned the nation's third-highest decoration, a Silver Star. The military says otherwise.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
04-05-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Stopping 'Stop-Loss'new
The federal 9th Circuit Court is coming to Seattle to hear the case of a National Guard soldier forced to stay on.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
03-30-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
