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Why Do Senators Boxer and Wyden Want to Bomb Iran?
Lobbyists are swarming the US Senate seeking support for a bill that would make war with Iran more likely.
“German Autumn” Reveals Similarities Between Postwar Germany and Our World Today
Although Stig Dagerman's book about postwar Germany was written over 60 years ago, his masterful telling of the citizens' circumstances evoke a feeling of similarity to the problems we …
Brennan’s Loose Talk on Iran Nukes
Letter to Senator Dianne Feinstein, Chair, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on John Brennan's possible appointment to Director of the CIA.
Whether or Not Women Are Allowed in Combat, the Military Serves the Patriarchy
Some of the opposition to women serving in combat distracts from the deeply embedded patriarchal reasons that critics of the Pentagon's decision prefer to uphold.
Congress: End Endless War and Stop Becoming “the Evil That We Deplore”
Revoking the power to combine lovely rhetoric with pernicious militarism will be even more difficult.
William Rivers Pitt | The United States of Aftermath
Ten years ago, politicians used 9/11 against us to unleash butchery for a payday. This is how they did it.
When Military Groupthink Condones the Mass Killing of Civilians
Nick Turse, author of the best-seller Kill Anything That Moves, talks to Truthout about the US Military's concerted effort over decades to cover up its torture and atrocities to …
Could the Senate Intelligence Committee Do Oversight of CIA Drone Strikes?
Senate Intelligence Committee draws ire for a lack of awareness about the CIA's drone strikes.
Vietnam and America’s “Wandering Ghosts”
Nick Turse talks to Bill about the ghosts of people and issues not properly put to rest in the years following the Vietnam war.
Nick Turse Describes the Real Vietnam War
Nick Turse describes his efforts to compile a complete and compelling account of the Vietnam War's horror.