Wounds of War
Wounds of War
Activism
The Moral Power and Living Legacy of Daniel Ellsberg
Jun 10, 2024 The whistleblower’s combination of humanism and realism is still with us, one year after his death.
Military
Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange in the U.S. Await Compensation
Apr 29, 2024 While the U.S. military used the herbicide to defoliate the jungles of Southeast Asia, it sprayed the same chemicals to kill poison oak and other weeds in northern California.
Book Excerpt
Ron Kovic’s Simple Talk in a Country Graveyard
Feb 9, 2024 Kovic’s latest book completes his Vietnam Trilogy, delving deep into his long and often agonizing journey home from war and eventual healing, forgiveness, and spiritual redemption.
TD Interview
Sixty Years After JFK’s Assassination, Oliver Stone Reflects
Nov 21, 2023 The director of “JFK” on the Kennedy cover-up, why he was killed, and what the country—and the world—suffered as a result.2024 National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Award: Second Place, Personality Profile, Film Personalities, Online
Wounds of War
The Healing We Owe Our Vets
Nov 10, 2023 People in the U.S. military are committing suicide at unprecedented rates.
Wounds of War
Biden Is the Latest President to Tout the Vietnam War as Proud History
Sep 22, 2023 Telling central truths about the Vietnam War is a basic threat to the U.S. war machine. No wonder the leaders of the warfare state would rather keep pretending.
Ear to the Ground
Daniel Ellsberg Week
Apr 28, 2023 The legendary whistleblower is now “living under a deadline.”
Military
Forgetting the Lessons of Vietnam
Jan 27, 2023 The U.S. foreign policy establishment proves in Ukraine that it forgot the lessons of the Vietnam War.
Julian Bond Was a Radical Long Before MLK
Feb 28, 2020 A new book shows how the activist's positions on issues like the Vietnam War and environmental justice helped move civil rights leaders left.
The Real Reason America Stopped Winning Wars
Feb 5, 2020 Trump believes America doesn’t win anymore because we're not ruthless enough, but the truth is much simpler and far less bloody.