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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Progressives intensify campaign to replace Schumer after Democrats end shutdown without healthcare deal
A growing number of lawmakers, candidates, and activists are demanding new Democratic leadership after eight senators joined Republicans to reopen the government, leaving Affordable Care Act protections and Medicaid funding untouched.
‘Riots raging’: The misleading story Fox News told about Portland before Trump sent troops
ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence was misleading.
How Trump’s immigration dragnet harms all US workers
In all, the nation has so far lost more than a million foreign-born workers amid Trump’s mass deportation campaign.
Different battles, same struggle: The US war on China, Venezuela, and the international left
We must remember that these are not separate crises, but different fronts of the same struggle. And to resist one is to resist them all.
Kansas county’s $3 million settlement over newsroom raids fuels call for accountability and deterrence
A $3 million settlement and formal apology from Marion County follow the 2023 police raids that targeted the Marion County Record and its staff, as the newspaper’s editor says the outcome is meant to deter future assaults on press freedom.