Sarah Jaffe | Originally published in Truthout - March 24, 2017 Donald Trump's budget slashes social programs while inflating an already massive military budget, meaning that for many people in ...
Emily Yates | Originally published in Truthout - "Excuse me, are you saying negative things about the military?" The question came over my right shoulder, from a well-dressed woman whose nametag ...
By Pat Elder - During the Second Battle of Fallujah in November 2004, 1st Lt. Jesse A. Grapes saved the lives of three wounded marines in his platoon by entering a burning house, where he ...
Kate Connell - In the spring of 2014, I went to observe a career day at Santa Barbara High School, where my son is enrolled. There were a variety of organizations with representatives and literature ...
John LaForge - Military recruiters must feel like Hansel and Gretel’s “wicked witch,” fattening up the children to eat them. With sexual violence, endless wars of occupation, fatalities, brain ...
Sylvia McGauley - “Will you please write me a letter of recommendation for the Navy, Ms. McGauley? You’re my best class.” Thanh was enrolled in the recently established Junior Reserve Officers’ ...
Michael Burke - At least one DeKalb County high school that we know of is totally ignoring the 1987 and 1988 ruling of the Searcy v. Crim case decided by the Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. ...
Seth Kershner - Over the past few years, my colleague Scott Harding and I have been chronicling the counter-recruitment movement from the perspective of activists. In this article, I’ll take a ...
Amy Hagopian & Kathy Barker - Abstract Recruiters for the various US armed forces have free access to our nation’s public high schools, as mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Military ...
November 27, 2011 Peace and Justice Online - 11:12:05 The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) reports, “The US Military is aggressively recruiting young people for military service.” ...