Tag: 9-11
September 11 and the debacle of ‘nation-building’ in Iraq and Afghanistan
Nation-building in Afghanistan and Iraq was the resurrection of a doctrine that should have been buried after Vietnam.
9/11’s legacy of drone warfare has changed how we view the...
The “war on terror”, due to its elusive nature as a war with blurry and unachievable objectives, has resulted in the west fighting an “endless war”.
Under pressure from victims’ families, Biden orders release of 9/11 documents
Last month, nearly 1,800 family members told the president to stay away from anniversary events unless he ordered the declassification of documents.
Recalling the hundreds of thousands of civilian victims of America’s endless...
It’s time we as a nation gave some thought to and did some penance for all those civilian deaths and combatant deaths as we remember 9-11.
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Humanity on path to climate collapse as study warns 16 tipping points at risk
New research finds current climate policies put Earth on a collision course with multiple environmental tipping points, threatening irreversible damage to global systems.
The betrayal of the Black community
What has not been generally covered are the feelings of let down and betrayal that lingers in the Black community as a result of the aftermath of the 2024 Presidential elections.
GOP leaders met with Israeli minister who called for bombing Gaza aid depots
Israeli national security minister claims Republican leaders supported his calls to target humanitarian supplies in Gaza, a move condemned as a war crime by international experts.
Pope Francis’s remarkable peacemaking life
As Francis demonstrated, there's no better way to live life than to practice, teach and promote nonviolence.
Trump administration resumes student loan collections, threatening millions with garnished wages and economic hardship
Restarting federal loan garnishments and ending relief programs, the Trump administration advances a sweeping overhaul that critics say punishes struggling borrowers and deepens a national crisis.