Walter Reed Scandal: How Mainstream Media Let Us Down Walter Reed Scandal: How Mainstream Media Let Us Down
Cutbacks and a penchant for profits and happy news hid the plight of wounded soldiers.
Mar 8, 2007 / Feature / Celia Viggo Wexler
Will the Watada Mistrial Spark an End to the War? Will the Watada Mistrial Spark an End to the War?
Now that Lieut. Ehren Watada's court-martial has ended in mistrial, his case could focus America's attention on how we came to fight an illegal war and what we must do to end it.
Feb 9, 2007 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
The Press and the Watada Trial The Press and the Watada Trial
Also at stake in the trial of an Army officer who refuses to deploy to Iraq is the independence of the press.
Jan 23, 2007 / Feature / Marc Cooper
An Army at Peril An Army at Peril
The surge is Bush's last throw of the dice. If it fails, he may decimate an exhausted Army and leave the nation without reserves.
Jan 10, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Ominous Signs of a Wider War Ominous Signs of a Wider War
The naming of Adm. William Fallon to replace Gen. John Abizaid as head of Centcom is an ominous sign that Bush is preparing for a wider war.
Jan 10, 2007 / Feature / Michael T. Klare
Addicted to War Addicted to War
Obsessed GOP hawks--and some Democrats--want to end the Iraq war by escalating it, and Bush proposes expanding the military: America is hooked on the habit of military might.
Dec 20, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
About Face: Soldiers Call for Iraq Withdrawal About Face: Soldiers Call for Iraq Withdrawal
For the first time since Vietnam, active-duty military personnel have organized to oppose a war that they are fighting.
Dec 16, 2006 / Feature / Marc Cooper
Counting Our Casualities in Iraq Counting Our Casualities in Iraq
We are fast, too fast, approaching the 3,000th American combat death in Iraq.
Dec 13, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
A Soldier’s Story A Soldier’s Story
"For just a minute or two, step into my life. I am a soldier in the Army Special Forces, just back from Iraq, where I lived and fought beside my Iraqi counterpart as we battled the...
Nov 29, 2006 / Feature / Major Bill Edmonds
Dismay Grows Over US Torture School Dismay Grows Over US Torture School
As peace activists converge on Fort Benning for the annual demonstration to shut down the School of the Americas, companion protests are taking place across Latin America, as revul...
Nov 15, 2006 / Feature / Patrick Mulvaney