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Andrea Mazzarino

Andrea Mazzarino co-founded Brown University’s Costs of War Project. She is an activist and social worker interested in the health impacts of war. She has held various clinical, research, and advocacy positions, including at a Veterans Affairs PTSD Outpatient Clinic, with Human Rights Watch, and at a community mental health agency. She is the co-editor of the new book "War and Health: The Medical Consequences of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan."

Donald Trump | Guard tower outside the fencing of Camp 5 at the US Military's Prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Land of unfreedom: Trump’s dystopian detainment policies have a long history

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Protesters scuffle with members of the US Army as they demonstrate the death of George Floyd near the White House on June 3, 2020, in Washington, DC. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

How our years of endless war produced a heartless nation

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A woman sitting on the edge of her hospital bed before she goes for some treatment (Getty Images/SolStock)

America the unwell: The corporate greed threatening our stability

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Training for American soldiers simulating desert conditions 05/14/2020. (Keith Bernstein/Getty Images)

Shooting alone: How decades of war have reshaped America’s priorities

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Yemeni men walk past a mural depicting a US drone and reading " Why did you kill my family" on December 13, 2013 in the capital Sanaa. (MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP via Getty Images)

There was another Oct. 7, 22 years ago — the one America has forgotten

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A supporter of President Trump holds a flag and gun outside the Arizona State Capitol on January 20, 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Courtney Pedroza for the Washington Post/Getty Images)

How war divides us: The ways our twenty-first-century wars have polarized Americans

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The boat carrying migrants before it sank, near Kalamata, Greece, on June 15. More than 600 people are believed to have died after the boat sank in international waters of the Ionian Sea. The Greek coast guard rescued more than 100 people and recovered more than 80 bodies. (Greek Coast Guard/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

The migrant boat disaster and America’s endless wars: Why we missed the real story

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Americans in pain: Confronting the phantom limbs of America’s foreign wars

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Special forces soldier with rifle. (Getty Images/subinpumsom)

The army we don’t see: The private soldiers who fight in America’s name

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Former soldiers without a future: America’s remarkable unwillingness to support its veterans

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Men In Military Uniforms Standing (Getty Images / Michael Davis / EyeEm)

Children of war: The battle for young minds in an age of endless war

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Toddler and American soldier eating lunch together (Getty Images/MivPiv)

With the largest defense budget in world history, military families are going hungry

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Samuel Alito (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Choosing life in a pro-violence society: Why Dobbs is a recipe for disaster in the military

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Vest, equipment and helmet worn by US Marines (Getty Images/Michael Sugrue)

Where have all the soldiers gone? Military’s shortage is about America’s dysfunction

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Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Sara D. Davis)

America as a war zone: Trump has turned the nation toward anger and violence

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Changing the way the military handles sexual assault

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Aerial view of a military building, The Pentagon, Washington DC, USA (Getty Images)

At war with COVID-19: making sense of a viral military

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Crowds gather outside the U.S. Capitol for the "Stop the Steal" rally on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Trump supporters gathered in the nation's capital today to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election. (Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)

I’ve lived up close and personal with endless war — so, in a sense, I was ready for Jan. 6

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Indirect deaths: The massive and unseen costs of America’s post-9/11 wars at home and abroad

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In this file photo taken on November 28, 2019, US President Donald Trump speaks to the troops during a surprise Thanksgiving day visit at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan. (Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images)

Stop thanking the troops and lend a hand

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The boot camp of American life

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Giant and Safeway grocery store workers protest in front of a Safeway Store for fair union contract negotiations on February 19, 2020 in Washington, DC.

Who will still be “essential” in our post-COVID-19 world?

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People participate in the Women's March as they protest against the U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, United States on January 18, 2020. (Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

“We’ve been attacked!” Women and trauma in the Trump-Putin era

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“The shooters are coming!”: How war targets the young

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