AltWeeklies Wire
The Longest Warnew
After nine years, it’s still hard to tell what American troops are fighting for in Afghanistan -- except one another.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Don Jones |
01-13-2011 |
War
Tags: Military, Afghanistan
There'll Be Peace in Texasnew
Rita Marie Johnson wants to seed American society with nonviolent kids.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jeff Prince |
06-09-2010 |
War
Tags: Rita Marie Johnson
Afghanistan: Back to the Frontnew
Writer and photographer Don Jones went to Iraq for Fort Worth Weekly in 2006, and saw eleven Marines die during the time he was with their unit. Now he's in Afghanistan, to take a look at America's longest running conflict.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Don Jones |
06-02-2010 |
War
Tags: Afghanistan
David Noblett's Last War Was to Get His Doctor Backnew
When the Texas Medical Board suspended the license of Noblett's doctor, it left him and hundreds of other patients unable to get meds because there aren't many doctors willing to specialize in treating chronic pain, a field of medicine that is drawing the wrath of regulators.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jeff Prince |
10-02-2008 |
War
The Never-ending Battle Against Warnew
As a major international peace conference gears up in Dallas, peace workers and researchers say the United States and the UN don't appear to have learned many lessons from recent fiascos like Rwanda -- and now, Darfur.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kendall Anderson |
05-24-2007 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Desiree Fairooz, Freedom Fighternew
She was once a full-time teacher -- now she spends her days protesting the war in Iraq.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Briceida Cervantes |
05-03-2007 |
War
Tags: war in iraq, code pink
Inside the War to Lose the Peacenew
A veteran of efforts to rebuild Iraq explains how the Bushies botched it.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Betty Brink |
04-12-2007 |
War
Distressed Medic Corpsman Told to Wait for Therapynew
The Army had antidepressants for a medic corpsman unsettled by witnessing carnage up close, but the 19-year-old was told to wait months for therapy. Details of the psychological impact of the Iraq War on a Fort Worth area vet and a discussion of stressors like depleted uranium are incorporated into the national story "Soldier's Heart."
Fort Worth Weekly |
Dan Frosch and Peter Gorman |
12-16-2004 |
War
Tags: Iraq veterans, Matthew Williams
