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The Forgotten War: The Libyan War and Its Legacy
by John Whitehead — Of the 21st century wars waged by the United States, the Libya War is perhaps the most forgotten one. The 2011 war...
Oct 18, 20214 min read


Bombshell Report Reveals CIA Debated Assassinating Journalist Julian Assange
by Samuel B. Parker — On September 26th, journalists with Yahoo! News published an astonishing report that revealed that the CIA under...
Oct 6, 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...
Sep 29, 20213 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...
Sep 27, 20215 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...
Sep 16, 20213 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...
Sep 13, 20212 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,...
Sep 11, 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...
Sep 10, 20215 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...
Sep 10, 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...
Sep 1, 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...
Aug 11, 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...
Aug 3, 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...
Jul 22, 20213 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...
Jul 16, 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...
Apr 30, 20212 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...
Apr 21, 20213 min read


Biden’s Promise to Close Guantanamo Bay
by Katherine Noble — President Joe Biden’s press secretary Jen Psaki has said it is the intention of the Biden administration to close...
Mar 2, 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...
Jan 25, 20212 min read


Pro-lifers, Let’s Reclaim Armistice Day to Respect Life and Veterans
by Thad Crouch
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In many nations, Armistice Day still commemorates the end of WWI on November 11th, 1918, as a day to remember
Nov 9, 20205 min read


Remembering Hiroshima: The Eerie Power of "Barefoot Gen"
by John Whitehead — Advocates for the Consistent Life Ethic would do well to mark and reflect on the 75th anniversaries of the nuclear...
Aug 6, 20204 min read
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