Staff / TruthdigMay 29, 2012
Veterans prefer Mitt Romney over Barack Obama for president in the 2012 election by 58 to 34 percent, according to a Gallup poll released Memorial Day. The survey also showed that non-veterans support Obama over Romney by four percentage points, 48 to 44 percent. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 28, 2012
Earlier this month, eight members of the Bush administration were found guilty of torture and war crimes by an unofficial tribunal in Malaysia for defying international law and torturing people in the post-9/11 era. On this Memorial Day, Bill Moyers and Michael Winship urge Americans to demand a reckoning. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Blair Hickman, ProPublicaMay 28, 2012
This Memorial Day, we rounded up some of the best accountability journalism for U.S. soldiers in our recent wars. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatchMay 24, 2012
This Memorial Day, there will undoubtedly be much cant in the form of tributes to “our heroes” and then, Tuesday morning, when the mangled cars have been towed away, the barbecue grills cleaned, and the “heroes” set aside, the forgetting will continue. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 31, 2011
Here we have the commander in chief delivering solemn words at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day President Obama also took the opportunity to salute his outgoing defense secretary, Robert Gates (more) . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Nora Eisenberg / AlterNetMay 31, 2010
According to Yale historian David Blight, Memorial Day got its start at the end of the Civil War. 145 years after the end of our Civil War, our nation is engaged in near civil wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, which we had a part in starting and no plans for ending.
145 years after the end of our Civil War, our nation is engaged in near civil wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, which we had a part in starting and no plans for ending. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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