AltWeeklies Wire
Marilynn Rosenthal Wanted Us to Understand 9/11new
The 9/11 book she worked on for more than five years, a combined biography of her son Josh and 23-year-old jihadist Marwan al-Shehhi, remains unpublished after her death earlier this month, but her daughter hopes to change that.
Metro Times |
Curt Guyette |
09-04-2007 |
War
Tags: 9/11, war & peace
Ramadi Madnessnew
When every member of Florida's 124th Infantry returned from Iraq alive, it seemed too good to be true -- it was.
Miami New Times |
Isaiah Thompson |
08-27-2007 |
War
Abu Ghraib Rxnew
Nurse Deanna Germain describes serving at Iraq's most notorious prison.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
As told to Kevin Hoffman |
08-22-2007 |
War
Strife During Wartimenew
Four years after the U.S. invasion, expatriate Iraqis' news from home isn't getting any better.
Baltimore City Paper |
Tom Chalkley |
08-21-2007 |
War
Army Specialist Jaime Rodriguez Jr., 1987-2007new
A soldier comes home.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Chris Meagher |
08-13-2007 |
War
Iraq Vet's Journey From Soldier to "Malingerer"new
James Wilson's three-year struggle to prove his combat injury.
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
07-30-2007 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Pop Goes to Warnew
Tokens of normalcy in a surreal dystopia, music and movies are vital coping mechanisms for US servicepeople in Iraq, and often after they get home.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
07-27-2007 |
War
The Generals Should End the Warnew
Our military system is passing through a profound moral and legal crisis -- a commander who knowingly orders troops to participate in crimes against peace betrays himself or herself and those who serve under him or her.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Veterans for Peace |
07-26-2007 |
War
Heritage Study Claiming Rich, Educated Troops is Fantasy
In fact, the troops are poorer, less educated, and disproportionately African-American -- just as we thought all along.
Casualties of Conflictnew
A father's pride carries the day at one of the Voices in Conflict performances.
Fairfield County Weekly |
Howard V. Sann |
07-19-2007 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Iraq Vet Fights for Housingnew
Spc. James Wilson and his wife, Heidi, have battled military and government bureaucracy in their fight for health care after James sustained a head injury in Iraq, leaving them in debt and without a home.
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
07-18-2007 |
War
Bull Dozednew
With the Army bumbling and Colorado Springs snoozing, ranchers have taken the lead on Pinon Canyon.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Michael de Yoanna |
07-13-2007 |
War
The Psychology of Returning From Warnew
You want the troops out of Iraq? Next, we have to get Iraq out of the troops.
Portland Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
07-13-2007 |
War
Letters From a Soldier in Iraqnew
A year of email excerpts from the front lines of the war.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Captain Timothy Fessier and Michael Fessier Jr. |
07-13-2007 |
War
Welcome Home, Soldiernew
Sgt. Erik Arroyo can't decide what's worse: The war he fought in Baghdad, or the one waiting in North Philly.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Tom Namako |
07-10-2007 |
War
