Veterans of the war on Afghanistan and their families are touring the U.S. right now, bringing out some of the truth that is said to be the first casualty of war. Widow Ashley Joppa-Hagemann electrified us with the story of her husband’s suicide. Army Staff Sargeant Jared August Hagemann killed himself in June “to free [...]
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
post by Sharon Miller, San Francisco intern for CODEPINK Most of us have heard that the personal is political and the political is personal, but what about culture? If the past decade has been any indication, I’d say that culture is how the political becomes personal. We are well aware of the ways in which [...]
Monday, August 29, 2011
As violence continued across Afghanistan over the past 2 weeks, the news broke that the US is planning to keep troops in Afghanistan until 2024, and possibly beyond then as well. The leaked news of secret talks between the US and Taliban representatives led to the end of those talks, and a new bipartisan report [...]
Monday, August 29, 2011
Former Vice President Dick Cheney was given a multi-million contract to write a book about his political career. According to Cheney’s media hype, the book, called In My Time, will have “heads exploding all over Washington.” The Darth Vader of the Bush administration offers no apologies and feels no remorse. But peace activists around the country are stealthily gearing up to visit bookstores, grab a stack of books, and deposit them where they belong—the Crime Section[...]
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Friday, August 26, 2011
A coalition of women’s organizations today launched a campaign in support of women’s health and economic rights through voting, HERvotes. They also started a blog carnival, in honor of their new organization and the 91st anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment. For those who aren’t constitutional geeks, that’s the one that gave women the [...]
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
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