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Cleveland State Starts Classes Exclusively for Vetsnew
Unlike the government, the university is behaving as if it actually cares for war veterans.
Cleveland Scene |
Lisa Rab |
06-29-2007 |
War
School: The Re-militarized Zonenew
Students shield themselves from the military recruiters in their midst.
New York Press |
Jill Colvin |
06-28-2007 |
War
How Extremists are Infiltrating the Militarynew
Lt. Cmdr. John Forrest Sharpe Jr. has been punished by the Navy for his anti-Semitic writings -- just how prevalent are his beliefs in the modern military?
Port Folio Weekly |
Joe Jackson |
06-27-2007 |
War
An Army of Unonew
Struggling to find homegrown recruits, the military is persuading immigrants to enlist by dangling promises of U.S. citizenship.
Report from Turkey: Another Reason for U.S. to Worry
This longtime ally is steaming mad because the Iraq War is spilling over its borders.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
06-19-2007 |
International
Baghdad Burns, Calgary Boomsnew
Iraq's oil explosion has not been delayed, it's been relocated to the Alberta tar sands.
NOW Magazine |
Naomi Klein |
06-11-2007 |
International
Turning to Birds to Help Veterans Healnew
A new parrot sanctuary helps vets cope with PTSD at the West L.A. veterans hospital.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Allison Milionis |
06-08-2007 |
War
Profiles in Courage -- and Cowardicenew
Last week we saw how the House Democrats managed, John Kerry-style, to vote for the blank-check Iraq War funding bill before they voted against it.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
06-08-2007 |
Commentary
Marine Corps Attempts to Silence Anti-War Vetsnew
Two Marine Corps vets are at risk of losing their honorable discharges after speaking out against the War in Iraq.
Seven Days |
Kevin J. Kelley |
05-30-2007 |
War
No Surprises in Fort Carson Visitnew
A two-day fact-finding visit to Fort Carson by legislative delegates to learn more about the treatment of soldiers with mental-health and brain-injury issues ended last week with no surprises and some common-sense approaches.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Robin Intemann |
05-22-2007 |
War
Numbed by Warnew
The pain that crippled one Marine cripples all of us.
Monterey County Weekly |
Eric Johnson |
05-17-2007 |
Commentary
One Marine, After the Warnew
Adrian Jimenez, a recovering alcoholic medicated on anti-depressants living at a VA hospital is fighting to make it the rest of the way home.
Monterey County Weekly |
Zachary Stahl |
05-17-2007 |
War
Shurd Rice, the Unlikely Soldiernew
This hippie musician turned helicopter pilot in Iraq just wants to come home.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Caleb Schaber |
05-10-2007 |
War
Camilo Mejia's Warnew
The first American soldier to desert from Iraq doesn't feel like a coward -- or a hero.
Miami New Times |
Francisco Alvarado |
05-07-2007 |
War
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
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