Peace and Security
Some of the largest military bases are in the South, and so Southerners are deeply affected by the actions of our country’s armed forces. With the continuation of the longest war in U.S. history waging overseas, it’s as important as ever to keep up to date with military news.
INSTITUTE INDEX: The Iraq War at 10
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March 22, 2013
Since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq began 10 years ago this week, number of people who have been killed in the ensuing violence: at least 190,000
Percent of those who died that...
INSTITUTE INDEX: Follow the drone money
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March 8, 2013
Date on which U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) launched a talking filibuster protesting John Brennan's appointment as CIA director, and raising concerns about the Obama...
Southern states would be hit uniquely hard by sequester's military budget cuts
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February 26, 2013
In an effort to force a compromise with congressional Republicans over $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts due to kick in this week, the White House has released a...
How politicians and the press overstated military budget cuts by $100 billion
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August 15, 2012
By Justin Elliott, ProPublica
Anxiety is rising in Washington about the big cuts to military spending slated to go into effect in January unless Congress takes action....
INSTITUTE INDEX: The party conventions' extraordinary security
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August 10, 2012
Date on which the Democratic National Convention gets underway in Charlotte, N.C.: 9/3/2012
Amount in federal funds the city will spend on security for the gathering, which is...
Sikh temple shooter was an Army veteran, white-power musician with NC ties
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August 6, 2012
The gunman who killed six people at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin yesterday before being shot to death by police* has been identified as a U.S. Army veteran and the former leader of...
Meet the man behind the Muslim conspiracy uproar
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July 20, 2012
Five U.S. representatives have called for an investigation into whether Muslim extremists have infiltrated the U.S. government -- accusations based on the dubious work of a far-...
Study: One in 10 U.S. veterans has no health insurance
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May 31, 2012
By Peter Schurmann, New America Media
One in 10 veterans under the age of 65 is currently living without health insurance and reports not using Veterans Affairs (VA) health care...
Controversy rages over arrests of Virginia reproductive rights protesters
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March 6, 2012
The ACLU is accusing police of overreacting in their arrests of 31 people at the Virginia Capitol on Saturday during a peaceful protest over passage of a controversial bill...
INSTITUTE INDEX: The cost of war
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December 16, 2011
Date on which the U.S. war in Iraq was declared officially over: 12/15/2011
Date on which the U.S. and U.K. launched the invasion: 3/20/2003
Number of casualties among coalition...
Fracturing democracy?
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December 1, 2011
The grassroots movement against the controversial technique of drilling for natural gas in shale formations -- known as hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" -- is...
U.S. oil companies, security contractors look to Libya
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October 24, 2011
With Col. Muammar Gaddafi dead and the future of Libya's government uncertain, U.S. businesses are looking to the oil-rich North African nation for opportunity.
Among the...
Injured war contractors sue over health care, disability payments
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September 28, 2011
Private contractors injured while working for the U.S. government in Iraq and Afghanistan filed a class action lawsuit in federal court on Monday, claiming that corporations and...
INSTITUTE INDEX: The continuing toll of 9/11
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September 9, 2011
Number of people killed in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, when al-Qaeda operatives hijacked jetliners and crashed them into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania...
INSTITUTE INDEX: The Southern roots of Memorial Day
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May 30, 2011
Year in which former slaves in Charleston, S.C. held a funeral procession to honor Union soldiers who died in a local Confederate prison camp: 1865
Number of people who took part...
Well-connected law firm involved in dirty-trick plot against activists, journalists
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February 16, 2011
After whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks announced back in 2009 that it was planning to dump internal Bank of America documents to the web, the financial giant turned to the U.S....
U.S. defense contractors with the most at stake in Egypt
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February 1, 2011
Egypt -- where a popular uprising that began last week seeks the end to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule -- is the second-largest recipient of U.S. foreign aid after Israel...
INSTITUTE INDEX: The war on WikiLeaks
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December 9, 2010
Year that President Woodrow Wilson called for "open diplomacy" that "shall proceed always frankly and in the public view": 1918
Number of secret U.S. diplomatic cables the anti-...
Ruling the Roost: Florida's congressional hawks gain influence over foreign policy
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November 18, 2010
The economy, jobs, taxes -- these are the issues grabbing post-election headlines about the Republicans' agenda for Congress.
But the new GOP leadership could have even more...
INSTITUTE INDEX: Torture, American-style
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September 10, 2010
Date on which a federal appeals court dismissed a lawsuit brought by five foreign plaintiffs transported by CIA contractors to U.S.-run prisons or foreign intelligence agencies...
Obama's nuclear generation gap?
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February 1, 2010
During the energy portion of his first State of the Union address last week, President Obama called for "building a new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plants in this...
INDEX: The privatized war in Afghanistan
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December 4, 2009
Additional number of American troops President Obama plans to deploy to Afghanistan: 30,000
Total number of U.S. troops that will be there after the deployment: 98,000
Number of...
The campaign cash behind the Afghanistan escalation
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December 1, 2009
President Barack Obama is scheduled to deliver a speech to the nation tonight from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., in which he's expected to announce he's sending...
Veteran wins groundbreaking claim for Agent Orange exposure at Georgia military base
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November 11, 2009
A U.S. veteran living in Tennessee has won what's thought to be the first Veterans Administration claim for exposure inside the continental United States to Agent Orange, an...
HEALTH CARE CASUALTIES: Study says 2,200 veterans died in 2008 because they lacked insurance
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November 10, 2009
By Viji Sundaram, New America Media
Michael Baranik Jennings called it the worst day of his life.
As he sat in his doctor's office that day in January 2007, he was told he had...
