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Andrea Mazzarino

Andrea Mazzarino co-founded Brown University’s Costs of War Project. She is an activist and social worker interested in the health impacts of war. She has held various clinical, research, and advocacy positions, including at a Veterans Affairs PTSD Outpatient Clinic, with Human Rights Watch and at a community mental health agency. She is the co-editor of the new book War and Health: The Medical Consequences of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Nov 25, 2019
Latest from Andrea Mazzarino
Plebes wait to receive instruction from a Midshipman on Induction Day on June 30, 2020, at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
Op-Ed
War & Peace

COVID Is Soaring in the Military — and It’s Aiding the Virus’s Global Spread

Everywhere that infected Americans socialize, shop, arm and fight, this virus is popping up.
by
Andrea Mazzarino,
TomDispatch
August 4, 2020
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Members of the New York Army National Guard join with others in filling cars with take-away meals to be delivered to the elderly and those that can not leave their housing due to the coronavirus at a community center in Brooklyn on April 14, 2020, in New York City.
Op-Ed
War & Peace

Amid Pandemic, Everyone Should Be Deemed “Essential” — and Protected as Such

Why is the military still being funded at astronomical levels, while other agencies are gutted?
by
Andrea Mazzarino,
TomDispatch
May 14, 2020
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Women take part in a lesson at the Siberian Yoshinkan Aikido Federation in Novosibirsk, Russia, March 30, 2016.
Op-Ed
Human Rights

Women Fight for Dignity and Survival in the Trump-Putin Era

In this era of assault on their rights, women are finding new ways to empower themselves.
by
Andrea Mazzarino,
TomDispatch
February 6, 2020
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An Afghan boy walks alongside a U.S. Marine on a security patrol in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on April 17, 2012.
Op-Ed
Education & Youth

How War Targets the Young

At home or abroad, the “war on terror” has also been a war on youth and education.
by
Andrea Mazzarino,
TomDispatch
December 19, 2019
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A silhouetted figure kneels in the grass to plant a small u.s. flag in the ground
Op-Ed
War & Peace

As a Military Spouse, I’m Trying to Bear Witness to the Costs of War

U.S. wars, while fought thousands of miles away, hit far closer to home than we like to think.
by
Andrea Mazzarino,
TomDispatch
November 25, 2019
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