“Rich Fierro fought in America’s war on terror. Then terror found him at home.”
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‘Between the Hammer and the Anvil’
“The story behind the New York Times October 7 exposé.”
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Life Aboard a Nuclear Submarine as the US Responds to Threats Around the Globe
“How the Navy prowls today’s uncertain seas—and prepares for possible superpower conflict tomorrow.”
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“A Thousand Eulogies Are Exported to the Comma.” Of Syntax and Genocide
Nicki Kattoura on the impossibility of writing about the destruction of Gaza.
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Rubble From Bone
“The war on Gaza is at its core retributive: an act of collective punishment.”
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The Work of the Witness
“Three months into a livestreamed genocide, we must ask—what does all this looking do?”
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Recognizing the Stranger
“What in fiction is enjoyable and beautiful is often terrifying in real life.”
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‘A Mass Assassination Factory’: Inside Israel’s Calculated Bombing of Gaza
“Permissive airstrikes on non-military targets and the use of an artificial intelligence system have enabled the Israeli army to carry out its deadliest war on Gaza, a +972 and Local Call investigation reveals.”
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‘I Remember The Silence Between The Falling Shells’: The Terror of Living Under Siege as a Child
“I was 10 years old in 1992 when Kabul was bombarded by warring forces, and life became a cycle of hunger, fear and horror.”
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Children of War
As Russia invaded Ukraine, three women from the same family became pregnant at the same time. Then the war tore them apart.