Op-Ed | Economy & Labor Minnesota Workers Took on the National Guard to Defend Black Lives During protests against Daunte Wright’s murder, union members evicted the Minnesota National Guard from their building. By Jason Koslowski , LeftVoice April 24, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health Military Metaphors in Health Care Are Harmful — Especially During the Pandemic We must reimagine health and healing in a way that doesn’t label our oppressors "humanitarians." By Hiba Ansar , Truthout February 6, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections FBI Vetting Leads to Removal of 12 National Guard Members From Inauguration Duty Two were removed due to their ties with far-right militias. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout January 19, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Feds Are Vetting 25,000 National Guard Troops Ahead of Biden Inauguration The screening was reportedly prompted by fears of a possible "insider attack" by extremists among the soldiers' ranks. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams January 18, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing Military-Enlisted Students Are Getting Called Up for “Riot Control” Students who should be learning about struggles for racial justice are being deployed to repress those struggles. By Rachel Ida Buff , Truthout September 25, 2020 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing “I Can’t Do It” Say Some GIs Being Deployed to Quell Uprisings It's not clear what repercussions could result if a GI refused to adhere to the president's orders. By Chris Walker , Truthout June 11, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Bill Barr Thinks He’s in Command and Can Wage War in Our Cities Barr now has "federal troops" on the street in D.C. with no badges or insignia. By Heather Digby Parton , Salon June 5, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Trump Is Framing US Residents as Enemies to Be Met by Force. Don’t Let Him. Trump is attempting to turn this past week’s explosion of political protest into his Reichstag fire moment. By Sasha Abramsky , Truthout June 4, 2020 Truthout
News | War & Peace As Trump Threatens to Send Military Into Cities, Some GIs Refuse to Comply Two National Guardsmen spoke to Truthout on the condition of anonymity about why they’re refusing orders. By Candice Bernd , Truthout June 3, 2020 Truthout
News Analysis | Immigration New Mexico Governor Orders National Guard Away From Border Turning the border into a war zone will not improve safety and security. By s.e. smith , Care2 February 12, 2019 Truthout