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In this Sunday, March 19, 2017 photo, Children sit in the sun in their home in Kabul, Afghanistan. An aid group says nearly a third of all children in war-torn Afghanistan are unable to attend school, leaving them at increased risk of child labor, recruitment by armed groups, early marriage and other forms of exploitation. (AP Photos/Massoud Hossaini) (AP)

The bold new plan to stop wars

Scilla Elworthy - WhoWhatWhy
FILE - In this March 15, 2017 file photo, U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, the USS Carl Vinson approaches to participate in the annual joint military exercise called Foal Eagle between South Korea and the United States, at Busan port in Busan, South Korea. (Jo Jung-ho/Yonhap via AP, File) (AP)

U.S. military is a climate offender

Kate Yoder - Grist
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, center, speaks to U.S. servicemen and Japanese Self-Defense Forces personnel on the flight deck of U.S. navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, at the U.S. Navy's Yokosuka base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, Wednesday, April 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) (AP)

Trump lets lenders fleece our soldiers

Sarah Okeson
(MSNBC)

Bob Brigham
(AP/Salon)

Trump refuses to visit combat zones

Cody Fenwick - Alternet
Central American migrants walking to the U.S. start their day departing Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018. (Getty/AP/Salon)

Troops used as "pawns": DoD spokesman

Alex Henderson - Alternet
We Are Not Done Yet (HBO)

"We Are Not Done Yet" trailer premieres

Ryan Mikel
In this April 22, 2015 photo, a Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey comes in for a landing at Miami International Airport before a presidential visit, in Miami. A fatal crash of a U.S. Marine Corps aircraft in Hawaii has renewed safety concerns in Japan, where more of the Ospreys will be deployed. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) (Wilfredo Lee)

3 Marines missing

Charlie May
The New York Times graphic, March 22, 2017 (The New York Times)

Todd Gitlin - BillMoyers.com
(Reuters)

pentagon's massive waste

Matthew Rozsa
President-elect Donald Trump speaks during his meeting with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. (AP)

Tom Engelhardt - TomDispatch.com
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Our military justice oxymoron

Chris Bray
George W. Bush, Donald Trump (AP/Charles Dharapak/Reuters//Chris Keane/Photo montage by Salon)

Trump has a war crimes problem

Michael Carson
(Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)

The American weapons factory

Ben Norton
(Reuters/Mike Blake)

The GOP's rage-filled debate

Heather Digby Parton

Nick Turse - TomDispatch.com
(Wikimedia)

Un-intelligence network

Tom Engelhardt - TomDispatch.com

The military’s secret military

Nick Turse - TomDispatch.com

"Guilty by association"

Sophia Tesfaye
Bradley Cooper in "American Sniper"

"Sniper" defenders go nuts

Matthew Rozsa - The Daily Dot
Richard Nixon (AP)

Steven Casey
(AP)

Katie McDonough
(AP)

Katie McDonough
(AP/Julie Jacobson)

Katie McDonough
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