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Sep 29, 20213 min read
After Latest Pentagon Admission, Are We Not Also Terrorists?
by Samuel B. Parker — On August 29th, as the U.S. military was completing an overdue yet abrupt withdrawal from the nation of...
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Sep 27, 20215 min read
Report Cites Fraud and Abuse by Post-9/11 Military Contractors
by Judith Evans — The post-9/11 era has seen a dramatic increase in Pentagon spending, with up to half of those funds going to private...
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Sep 16, 20213 min read
“Do You Remember 9/11?”
by Katherine Noble — I’ve been in the workplace since I was sixteen, and to this day I am usually the youngest person at my job, be it...
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Sep 13, 20212 min read
A Mistake from the Beginning: Looking Back on the Afghanistan War
by John Whitehead — The longest war in American history ended this August as U.S. troops left Afghanistan. What the U.S. withdrawal will...
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Sep 11, 20215 min read
Torture and the War On Terror
by Judith Evans — Abu Ghraib. Guantanamo. Extraordinary rendition. Torture. In the years following the attacks of September 11, 2001,...
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Sep 10, 20215 min read
Twenty Years Later
by Aimee Murphy — The very first issue of our magazine Life Matters Journal had a piece titled, “Ten Years Later” that I wrote in...
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Sep 10, 20213 min read
A Global License to Kill: The History of US Targeted Killing
by John Whitehead — Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi, allegedly a top al Qaeda member suspected of involvement in the 2000 bombing of the USS...
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Sep 1, 20213 min read
U.S. Foreign Policy, Afghanistan, and the Historical Significance of Accepting Refugees
by Rana Irby — Recent years have seen war, violence, conflict, and persecution being major contributors to people leaving their homes as...
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Aug 11, 20213 min read
Seek Arms Control, Not an Arms Race: Responding to China’s Possible Nuclear Build-Up
by John Whitehead — Satellite images have revealed evidence that China may be increasing its nuclear weapons. Any increase in these...
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Aug 3, 20213 min read
“My Conscience…Came Roaring Back to Life”: Daniel Hale and US Targeted Killing
by John Whitehead — Daniel Hale, a former US airman and military contractor, received an almost four-year prison sentence in federal...
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Jul 22, 20213 min read
The Making of a Pro-Life Progressive
by Judith Evans — It was only a matter of time before the Consistent Life Ethic would find me. But it took a while. I grew up in the...
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Jul 16, 20212 min read
Unjust War: A Personal Testimony from 1972
by John Evans — Stepping off the bus in Victoria, Texas, back in 1972 was no easy matter. I was facing a brutal unknown future. Having...
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Apr 30, 20212 min read
On the Problem of AFRICOM
by Rana Irby — Much discussion on the U.S. military’s presence abroad in recent years has focused on the Middle East. What seems to not...
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Apr 21, 20213 min read
Peace on Earth, for Earth's Sake
by Christy Yao Pelliccioni — This Earth Day, there are many things one could wish were done differently. One could wish for the polar ice...
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Jan 25, 20212 min read
The Biden-Harris Administration on War: Problematic Implications
by Rana Irby — The Biden-Harris administration has only just begun. What will this mean for U.S. policy regarding war? Some problematic...
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Mar 18, 20209 min read
Making War Obsolete: An Interview with John Reuwer of World Beyond War
It is hard to remember a time the United States has not been at war.
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Apr 22, 20192 min read
An Earth Day Call for Nuclear Disarmament
by Christy Yao — There are about 300,000 nuclear weapons worldwide, with 95% being owned by the US and Russia. There is additional...
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Jul 10, 20173 min read
Ban the Bomb Event Breeds Discussion
This is a picture of me handing out flyers in front of the White House during Unite to Ban the Bomb. Rehumanize International organized...
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Nov 11, 20166 min read
The Silence of the Left: The Horror of a Two-Party War Machine
I remember the day Obama was elected quite clearly in my mind. I had decided Monday evening to set up a “Cemetery of the Innocents” on my...
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Nov 19, 20136 min read
Reflections on the Women's Peace Encampment: 30 Years Later
Mark Hare is not the kind of person who strikes you as being aware that he played more than a minor role in changing the world. When I...
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