Sexual identities and the guise of equality in the military By Chris Zivalich The recent repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell” was lauded by progressives,…
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by Shaun Poust March 2, 2011Why overcoming our apathy about conflicts abroad is impossible By Shaun Poust In 1991, French thinker Jean Baudrillard published a collection of essays on the…
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A soldier’s struggle to transition out of the military and resist the urge to fight By Adam Polaski Two years ago, in October 2008, Matt…
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How the Human Terrain System challenges tenets of anthropology By Jenni Zellner For the past five years, the Human Terrain System has been employing “social…
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Journalists balance access and freedom in war reporting By Gena Mangiaratti When Hart Seely, reporter for the Syracuse Post-Standard, traveled to Iraq in the fall…
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The prevalence of rape in the military By Hayleigh Gowans From the American Revolutionary War, all the way to the current wars, women have had…
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“Don’t ask, don’t tell” repeal does little for transgender community By Daisy Arriaga-Lopez We are told that serving in the armed forces is one of…
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How soldiers are being held against their will to serve their country By Moriah Petty Let’s time travel back to December 2001, when the “War…
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How the war in Afghanistan is designed to be perpetual By Isabel Braverman “It’s not a matter of whether the war is real or not:…
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Advertising and recruitment in post-draft American society By Matt Honold Military recruitment is a touchy subject, no matter who you ask. Indeed, involvement in armed…