by Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, Tope Folarin First, Washington needs to stop killing people. Next, we have to challenge our nation's assumptions and priorities.
by Stephen Zunes Middle East experts who opposed America's post-9/11 wars were ridiculed as anti-American extremists. In reality, it was the pro-war right that was making us less safe.
by Arundhati Roy It will be a pity if, instead of using this as an opportunity to try to understand why September 11 happened, Americans use it as an opportunity to usurp the whole world's sorrow to mourn and avenge only their own.
by Brett Wilkins Anti-war voices reflect on two decades of the misguided hubris, failed policies, war profiteering, suffering, and death that resulted from the 2001 attacks.
by Rana Abdelhamid Because as much as American history is about triumphing over hardship, too often it's also been about finding a minority—of religion, of race, of sexuality, of immigration status—to blame for that hardship.
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