AltWeeklies Wire
Sending Troubled Soldiers Back into Battle: A Recipe for Suicide?new
More than 717,000 soldiers have deployed at least twice to the war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan. Some, like John Fish, have been ordered deployed for a second tour even after telling military doctors they're thinking about committing suicide.
San Luis Obispo New Times |
Aaron Glantz |
02-23-2009 |
War
Obama Gets it Wrong on Afghanistan
The president's recent interview with Canada's CBC television network demonstrates that he doesn't know much about Afghanistan. But that isn't stopping him from talking about it -- even while he escalates America's war there.
Why Aren't We Attacking Somalia's Pirates?
We bomb Afghan wedding parties like they're going out of style. Why aren't we going after Somalia's pirates?
Vets with PTSD Tackle the Scars You Can't Seenew
New cases of PTSD are flooding the VA system. Some veterans of earlier wars know what those Iraq and Afghanistan vets are in for.
Remember to Appreciate the Soldier Even if You Disagree with the Missionnew
Sadly, some of us still need to learn to treat our vets with respect and common decency. Agree or disagree with the reasons behind the war, but appreciate the fact that our military personnel -- on Veterans Day and all year -- decide to walk a difficult road in service to the rest of us.
Tucson Weekly |
Irene Messina |
11-06-2008 |
War
A Brutal Murder Exposes an Ethnic Community's Struggle with Modern Lifenew
The real scandal behind the murder of Homaira Rahman: She had been dating.
Washington City Paper |
Angela Valdez |
09-18-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Canada's Afghan Pullout Bluesnew
The prime minister's promised 2011 exit is in jeopardy from a shifting U.S. geo-strategy.
NOW Magazine |
Paul Weinberg |
09-08-2008 |
War
Activists Want Portland to be a Sanctuary for AWOL Soldiersnew
A coalition of activists called PDX Peace is gathering signatures to make Portland America's third "Sanctuary City" for military deserters, along with San Francisco and Berkeley. And they want the City Council to adopt an ordinance that would protect war resisters by blocking Portland police from acting on federal orders to arrest AWOL soldiers.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
07-23-2008 |
War
Tags: Iraq, AWOL, Afghanistan, soldiers, Portland, deportation, war & peace, Sanctuary City, PDX Peace
Students Connect with Those Touched by the Horrors of Warnew
UCSB Students who sign up for RS-155 find that it’s neither a history class nor a religion class, but an emotional journey through the psyche and experiences of real live veterans.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Ben Preston |
07-08-2008 |
War
What's Being Done, or Left Undone, When Soldiers Come Home with Problems?new
Hundreds of local soldiers are serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, many of them on extended tours and second or third deployments. The longer the wars continue, the higher the probability of more cases like Matthew Sepi's.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Damon Hodge |
07-07-2008 |
War
Tags: Iraq, PTSD, veterans, Afghanistan, murder, mental illness, war & peace, combat trauma, Matthew Sepi
Your Friendly Neighborhood War Profiteernew
Across Minnesota, from the Twin Cities to the smallest rural towns, are often-scrappy companies with a handful of employees who work contracts from the low thousands to the low millions. Some estimate the number of companies doing defense-related business in the state at numbers as high as 2,000.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jeff Severns Guntzel |
07-02-2008 |
Business & Labor
Combat Exposure for Women Soldiers Complicates an Old Problemnew
On the front lines, equality means exposure to more danger for women soldiers. Whether that's progress or not depends on whom you ask.
Arkansas Times |
Jennifer Barnett Reed |
06-27-2008 |
War
Too Many Journalists are Just Genetically Modified Mouthpiecesnew
In 2003, when I was working as an anchor for a San Francisco TV station, newscasters and reporters across the country were asked by the White House to refer to the Iraqi invasion as Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). We were asked to call the war in Afghanistan Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). With press releases in hand, journalists repeated genetically modified words as if their DNA depended upon it.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Leslie Griffith |
06-11-2008 |
Media
Tags: Iraq, War on terror, journalism, media, Afghanistan, language, war & peace, rhetoric, public relations
Syracuse's Vet Center Helps Soldiers Adjust to Life Away from the Battlefieldnew
In Central New York a small Army is mobilizing with a serious mission -- to take in the wave of veterans coming home from war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan. Whenever it is that Johnny comes marching home, an array of kind hearts and beefed-up programs are mobilizing to greet them.
Syracuse New Times |
Ed Griffin-Nolan |
05-30-2008 |
War
The War Vet Generation Gapnew
Camaraderie is in short supply between Iraq returnees and older veterans.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
04-21-2008 |
War
