Sean Sexton: Whelmed+
I tap out my pipe, aware of the grand majesty
of a morning taking shape—all the breezes of the
yester-day settle like complaint grown silent.
Roshni Ahmed: 23 Years After 9/11, Are We Any Safer?
True justice for the lives lost on 9/11 and during the U.S.’ war on terror would require us to put an end to overfunding violence and war.
Patricia A. Nugent: Healing Japan
I dreamed Peggy invited me to go to Japan with her. That’s all I remember, her asking me. I don’t know how I responded.
Kelly Denton-Borhaug: The Intolerable Price You Pay
More than 17 of you veterans take your own lives every day. And you live with all of this, while so much of the rest of the nation fails to muster the will to see you, hear you, or face honestly the American addiction to war.
Andrea Mazzarino: War as Terrorism
As a Navy spouse of more than 10 years and a therapist who specializes in treating military families and those fleeing foreign wars, I believe that the post-9/11 wars have finally begun to come home in a variety of ways, including how we think about violence
Juan Cole: Islamophobia and the Capitol Insurrection
How the FBI Ignored White Radicals While Spying 24/7 on Muslim Americans
Karen J. Greenberg: Guantánamo’s Forever Elusive Endgame
America’s Prison from Hell: Will We “Celebrate” Its 30th Anniversary?
Rebecca Gordon: Seeing the Future
For the sake of the world, let us hope that this time Cassandra will be believed.
Karen J. Greenberg: Never Having to Say You’re Sorry
Accountability for the mistakes, miscalculations, and lawless policies of the war on terror has proven not just elusive, but inconceivable.
Lindsay Koshgarian: $21 trillion spent by US on war since 9/11
For just a fraction of what we’ve spent on militarization these last 20 years, we could start to make life much better.
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies: Waking from Our Post-9/11 nightmare
Our only hope for the future is to abandon the futile quest for hegemony and instead commit to peace, cooperative diplomacy, international law, and disarmament.
Video: My Brother’s Keeper
A former Guantánamo Bay prisoner and his guard reunite as equals 13 years later.
Gerry LaFemina: Security
My carry-on flagged for protein
bars that might be plastique, & I failed
the swab test, some residue battery acid
or fertilizer on my fingertips.
