Kathy Kelly’s Challenge: Witness, Courage, Compassion, Becoming

Nobody who reads this book could ever accuse Kathy Kelly of being “too big for her britches.” Time and time again, she confronts “unspeakable evil,” and manages to maintain her quiet dignity and never loses sight of the humanity that may be touched–even in the tormentors who confront her and others. “What does the Lord More

Juan Cole> Iraq Redux: Top Ten Ways TV Networks Are Screwing Us Again

David Gregory's attack on Glenn Greenwald is an example of how the media is acting as a government propaganda machine against Edward Snowden. (photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images) By Juan Cole  25 June 13  Informed Comment via ReaderSupportedNews.org U.S. television news is a danger to the security of the United States. First, it is so oriented More

Juan Cole> Iraq Redux: Top Ten Ways TV Networks Are Screwing Us Again

David Gregory's attack on Glenn Greenwald is an example of how the media is acting as a government propaganda machine against Edward Snowden. (photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images) By Juan Cole  25 June 13  Informed Comment via ReaderSupportedNews.org U.S. television news is a danger to the security of the United States. First, it is so oriented More

Dahr Jamil> Living with No Future: Iraq, 10 Years Later

Living with No Future  Iraq, 10 Years Later "[Iraq's] social fabric has been all but shredded by nearly a decade of brutal occupation by the U.S. military and now by the rule of an Iraqi government rife with sectarian infighting." By Dahr Jamail  March 26, 2013  TomDispatch.com Click here to read Nick Turse's introduction to Jamil's article. More

Dahr Jamil> Living with No Future: Iraq, 10 Years Later

Living with No Future  Iraq, 10 Years Later "[Iraq's] social fabric has been all but shredded by nearly a decade of brutal occupation by the U.S. military and now by the rule of an Iraqi government rife with sectarian infighting." By Dahr Jamail  March 26, 2013  TomDispatch.com Click here to read Nick Turse's introduction to Jamil's article. More

Mary Beaudoin> Be Patient! Survive! Never Give Up Hope!

Be Patient! Survive! Never Give Up Hope! By Mary Beaudoin  WAMM Newsletter  Dec./Jan. 2011-12  This is what a doctor from Najaf, said that Americans can learn from Iraqis: “Be patient. Survive. Never give up hope.” Mahadi Al-Faraaon, an oral surgeon and professor of dentistry, who counseled us with these words, was among eight physicians, accompanied More

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