Earlier today, former Liberian president Charles Taylor was convicted in The Hague on 11 counts of war crimes committed in Sierra Leone during its civil war in the 1990s. His conviction marks the first for a head of state since … Continue reading
Veterans & War
Whether it’s the memories of D-Day veterans, news from the “forgotten front” of Afghanistan or the toll that fighting has taken on families of troops here at home, Bill Moyers continues to report on the costs of war here and abroad, and the aftermath for the men and women who’ve been able to come back.
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April 19, 2012 | Facing Hate with Elie Wiesel (1991)
Bill Moyers and Elie Wiesel ponder the question in this 1991 Moyers Moment. Continue reading
April 6, 2012 | Connecting the Dots
On Wednesday, the National Security Archive, an advocacy group for greater government transparency based at The George Washington University in Washington, DC, released a once-classified document on “enhanced interrogation techniques” that was ordered destroyed in 2006 by the Bush White … Continue reading
April 5, 2012
Three multimedia pieces offer a deeper look at Ross’s life as British diplomat and Occupy activist. Continue reading
April 5, 2012
In this excerpt from The Leaderless Revolution, Carne Ross explains how he came to the decision to resign his post in the UK Foreign Office and why he thinks governments are undermining our society by taking responsibility away from individuals. … Continue reading
March 23, 2012
Most discussion about the “costs of war” focuses on two numbers: dollars spent and American troops who gave their lives. A decade into the war on terror, those official costs are over a trillion dollars and more than 6,000 dead. … Continue reading
March 23, 2012
Bill Moyers counsels President Obama to see America and the world as they are, not as he wishes them to be. Continue reading
March 23, 2012
Bill Moyers and Bacevich explore the futility of “endless” wars and the rhetoric of American exceptionalism. Continue reading
March 23, 2012 | World of Ideas
A seasoned journalist explains the differences between the lead-up to war in Iraq and the current situation with Iran. Continue reading
March 22, 2012
Andrew Basovich argues that Americans should not cling to “old illusions of the United States presiding over and directing the course of history.” Continue reading
