History
Blowback Explores the Messy History of US Interventionism
The well-researched podcast has done deep dives into US attempts at regime change in Iraq and Cuba, with its new season tackling the Korean War.
Iraq war
News
Behind the Scenes of MoMA PS1 Exhibition, Artists Confronted Leadership Over Chairman’s Implication in Iraq War
Artists included in the Gulf Wars exhibition say they were disregarded and demeaned after speaking up against MoMA Chairman Leon Black, owner of a security firm linked to untold carnage in Iraq.
Film
Films That Tell Unique Tales About the Veteran Experience
For Veterans Day, here are some movies that don’t fit mainstream narratives about military service.
Film
Amidst a Global Crisis, Stories of Refugees Striving for Normalcy
Abbas Fahdel's documentary Bitter Bread turns a compassionate eye on the hardscrabble lives of migrants in Lebanon.
Art
Highway to Conflict: A Photographer Maps Out One of Iraq’s Deadliest Routes
“You think of Mosul and you think of a dangerous warzone, when actually 90 percent of it is open green fields, beautiful landscapes, dogs playing, kids out,” the artist says
Art
Michael Rakowitz Gathers Immigrant and Military Voices to Tell the Story of Iraq
For his podcast project Radio Silence, Rakowitz is bringing together stories from members of Philadelphia's Iraqi community and US soldiers who served in Iraq.
Art
In a Tea Ritual, Stopping Time and Reflecting on War with a Veteran
As we sat in a circle, Aaron Hughes began Tea by describing where he was in February 2003: watching the snow fall in his barracks while his fellow American troops were being deployed to Kuwait for the Iraq war.
Art
Portraits of the "Enemy" Challenge Abuses of American Power
At the height of the Iraq War in 2006, attorney Susan Burke invited fashion photographer Chris Bartlett to focus his lens on a new subject.
Art
The Veteran Experience, Before and Behind the Lens
BEACON, New York — War & Memory is drawn from the archives of The Homecoming Project, a photo-based storytelling outfit interested in fostering conversations about the experience of wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere.
Art
The Veteran Experience, Before and Behind the Lens
BEACON, New York — War & Memory is drawn from the archives of The Homecoming Project, a photo-based storytelling outfit interested in fostering conversations about the experience of wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere.
Books
What Didn't You Do in the War, Daddy? Chickenhawks and a Few Good Books
Last week Mitt Romney reached deep into the Republican bag of stock postures to attack President Obama as weak in matters of defense and foreign policy. The macho posturing by chickenhawk Republicans (Romney, Rove, Cheney, Bush, Kristol, Gingrich and many others avoided Vietnam if not military servi