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How Do We Confront America’s Attachment to Violence?
Its toxicity has penetrated all too deeply into the soul of the nation.
Kelly Denton-Borhaug
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September 22, 2021
Pick Up the Stone: The American Way of Vengeance
The line from defeat in Afghanistan to deputizing bounty hunters in Texas can be traced in blood—and history.
John Scagliotti and JoAnn Wypijewski
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September 22, 2021
Uniting Against the American War Machine
Twenty years and trillions of dollars later, the US counterinsurgency in Afghanistan failed—so when will we stop rewarding the military-industrial complex?
William Astore
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September 21, 2021
It’s Time to Break Up the Military-Industrial Complex
Despite the end of two decades of war, a congressional committee just voted to increase the Pentagon’s budget by $24 billion.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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September 21, 2021
Progressive Democrats Fight to Limit Defense Spending
The House is poised to pass a military budget this week that’s even bigger than President Joe Biden requested, but left-leaning lawmakers are putting up a fight.
Aída Chávez
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September 16, 2021
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September 16, 2021
The Problem With Making War “Humane”
A conversation with Samuel Moyn about his new book Humane, the pacifism of Leo Tolstoy, and the origins of forever war.
Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
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September 15, 2021
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September 13, 2021
George W. Bush Still Owes the World an Apology
In his speech marking the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Bush made no attempt at taking responsibility for the tragedies that followed that awful day.
Joan Walsh
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September 10, 2021
I Lost My Father on 9/11, but I Never Wanted to Be a “Victim”
I never felt comfortable with the official rituals of 9/11 grief, with their overtones of patriotism and vengeance, so I sought other ways to use my role.
Leila Murphy