Michael Schwartz, AlterNet. November 13, 2009. The military wants to integrate itself into campus life and therefore gain routine access to rank-and file students to recruit regular soldiers
Aaron Glantz, New America Media. November 10, 2009. NAM Editor Aaron Glantz spoke to former Marine Corps Cpl. Dave Hassan, who served in Iraq. Hassan said that while he was there, racist language was so pervasive he used it himself.
Nick Turse, Tomdispatch.com. November 9, 2009. Forget the "debates" in Washington over Afghan War policy. Construction activity and the flow of money suggests that the Pentagon plans to be there for a long, long time.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. October 22, 2009. "What Vice President Cheney calls 'dithering, President Obama calls his solemn responsibility to the men and women in uniform and the American public,'" Gibbs said.
Megan Carpentier, Air America Media. October 22, 2009. Occupy the world's largest heroin producer in Afghanistan and it's no wonder the methadone clinics are overpacked -- but the military is mum on the subject.
Lucinda Marshall, Feminist Peace Network AlterNet: PEEK. October 7, 2009. It only addresses a small part of the continuing blatant disregard for women's human rights as a result of U.S. military actions.
David Sirota, AlterNet. October 5, 2009. The debate over Afghanistan sharpens that question about who "the deciders" should be -- elected officials or the military?
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. September 30, 2009. There is an unmistakable trend in right-wing rhetoric in the direction of extremism and violence; the conservative contingents have gone stark raving mad.
Joseph Romm, Climate Progress. August 13, 2009. Intelligence analysts say that we'll need our military to deal with the effects of violent storms, drought, mass migration and pandemics.
Penny Coleman, AlterNet. August 5, 2009. Veterans are more likely to get longer sentences than non-veterans for the same crime. How can we treat returning soldiers so badly?
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.
Christopher Drew, The New York Times July 21, 2009. The Senate voted 58-40 to strip $1.75 billion for seven more F-22 fighters from a military spending bill.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. July 15, 2009. The more Reid takes this seriously, the better the chances we'll see some long overdue legislative progress on the issue.
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.
Melissa McEwan, AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. July 1, 2009. Robert Gates said he wants to make DADT more humane; the only way to do that is 86 the policy altogether.
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.
David Price, CounterPunch. June 24, 2009. The "Pat Roberts Intelligence Scholars Program" may become a permanent budget item, making universities unwitting agents of state intelligence.
Abe Forman-Greenwald, Brave New Foundation AlterNet: Video. June 23, 2009. Gay and lesbian partners of service members forced by law to sacrifice in silence.
Matt Kennard, Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. June 17, 2009. Why the U.S. military is ignoring its own regulations and permitting white supremacists to join.
