AltWeeklies Wire
It's Time for Honest Talk About Afghanistannew
When the blame game starts, you know the situation has turned from bad to worse in Afghanistan. But the fact that the Taliban are getting stronger is now undeniable to all except the most willfully ignorant, and accusations have started to fly.
The Georgia Straight |
Jared Ferrie |
02-01-2008 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Vets Find a Way Homenew
Suicidal, shell-shocked and homeless veterans find help through the VA.
Pasadena Weekly |
Carl Kozlowski |
01-29-2008 |
War
Canada's Case for More Warnew
Panel on Afghanistan gives the prime minister a rationale for dragging out the conflict.
NOW Magazine |
Steven Staples |
01-28-2008 |
War
Tags: Afghanistan, war & peace
The Wounds of Warnew
Thousands of veterans are coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan with permanent and debilitating injuries. Here are some of their stories.
Bay of Pigs Vets Fight for Homenew
Betrayed by the U.S. government and their own country, they want to be remembered.
Miami New Times |
Janine Zeitlin |
01-22-2008 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Fort Ordanancenew
Fourteen years and $100 million later, California's Fort Ord is riddled with dangerous munitions.
Monterey County Weekly |
Zachary Stahl |
01-17-2008 |
War
Tags: war & peace
New Haven Declares Peace, Finallynew
Nearly five years in, the Board of Alderman finally passed two peace resolutions, one calling for an end to the Iraq war. More than 300 cities beat New Haven to the punch.
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
01-15-2008 |
War
Know Nukesnew
Nuclear-terror expert Michael Levi explains how (and why) our worst national nightmare is so misunderstood.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
01-04-2008 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Backwater USAnew
Mark Colville got a stiffer punishment for simulating Blackwater USA's slaughter of innocent Iraqi civilians than the mercenaries who actually committed the crime.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
12-18-2007 |
War
A War Against Our Ownnew
Post-traumatic tightrope: 30 years after Vietnam, it still takes a vet to save a vet from the military's cost-shaving schemes.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
12-12-2007 |
War
Stop-Loss: Stuck in the Servicenew
John Walter is just one man retained beyond his contract.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
12-11-2007 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Collecting Stories of War's Atrocitiesnew
Thirty-six years after the original Winter Soldier Investigation into atrocities in Vietnam, a group of Iraq veterans who oppose this war are doing it again.
Portland Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
12-07-2007 |
War
'Support Our Troops': A Magnetic Issuenew
Should police and city vehicles have yellow ribbons supporting the troops?
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
12-04-2007 |
War
Interested in Avoiding World War IIInew
Wisconsin Iranians react to growing possibility of U.S. attack.
Tags: Iran, war & peace
Anti-War Groups Spread their Message to Black Friday Crowdsnew
"On this particular day, it's important to remind people that this worship of consuming is feeding into a culture of spending," said Edith Wilson, a Codepink member. "As I watch these people walk by, I wonder, 'What are they thinking about for the future?'"
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Carrie Potter |
12-03-2007 |
War
