Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com. August 29, 2009. Joe is back yet again with his new movie and assorted products -- but the world he inhabits this time is completely sponged of our current predicaments abroad.
Ben Armbruster, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. July 30, 2009. Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL) withdrew the amendment to a defense appropriations bill after pressure from the White House and some in Congress.
Robert Greenwald, Brave New Foundation AlterNet: World. July 8, 2009. Brave New Foundation explores the disproportionate hardships of war on women and their families, and how you can help.
Brian Roa, TruthOut.org. July 1, 2009. In Chicago, there's a push to replace public schools with military academies. This model may soon spread to the rest of the country.
Cynthia Hubert, TruthOut.org. June 12, 2009. "I saw things today that I think will mess me up for life," Army Spc. Trevor Hogue wrote to his mother from Baghdad in 2007.
Bruce Falconer, Mother Jones. May 23, 2009. They say government scientists messed with their minds. Now, veterans who were the subject of top-secret experiments want answers.
Diablo Cody, SMITH Magazine. May 14, 2009. A new book, "I Love a Man in Uniform," looks at the imperfect individuals behind the red, white, and blue facade.
Susannah Breslin, The Daily Beast. April 25, 2009. When Lily Burana married an Army officer, she left behind her life in strip clubs and became a cake-baking military wife. Then came the bombshells.
Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. April 23, 2009. Donald Rumsfeld defied the recommendations of the Army, the Navy, and the Marines when he approved torture.
Penny Coleman, AlterNet. December 19, 2008. The Army's new recruitment tool lets high-tech video game centers desensitize, condition, train and even enlist America's youth.
Jim Hightower, JimHightower.com AlterNet: PEEK. December 5, 2008. With more than 14,000 square feet of prime mall space, the experience center is bigger than three basketball courts and is filled with lots of dazzle.
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. August 7, 2008. A Texas army recruiter was recently suspended for telling a teenager he would be sent to jail if he chose college over the military.
Isaac Fitzgerald, Democracy Now! AlterNet: War on Iraq. June 26, 2008. A young patriot makes a stand against the illegal war in Iraq. (Please click on this post for the second half of this interview).
Sara Robinson, TomPaine.com. April 17, 2008. McCain is gunning to tear up an ancient contract between a nation and its veterans, denying security to the very people who defend ours.
Jesse Wendel, Group News Blog AlterNet: War on Iraq. December 7, 2007. Jesse Wendel: The Army has been taking the easy way out, and shoving soldiers out any way they can, rather than rate them properly.
Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. November 19, 2007. The Army's high desertion rates are prompting Uncle Sam to fish harder for high school seniors to join the ranks.
Pam Spaulding, Pam's House Blend AlterNet: War on Iraq. November 19, 2007. Pam Spaulding: Also, the Pentagon isn't punishing most deserters -- they need the warm bodies.
Satyam Khanna, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. November 13, 2007. Satyam Khanna: The Army wants to “eliminate any confusion that may have arisen as a result of recent public discourse on the subject.”
