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  1. Scars of war: Canadian rocker Bryan Adams and his new book, “Wounded: The Legacy of War”

    I was driven to do this as I was firmly against the war in Iraq and didn’t see the point in kicking the hornets’ nest. When I started to see people coming back without their limbs, I felt compelled to say something. It wasn’t enough just to march in prote ...

    4 Dec 2014 - Bryan Adams

  2. Coming home—the horror young soldiers endure on our modern battlefields

    Every war has its after-war,” writes David Finkel, “depression, anxiety, nightmares, memory problems, personality changes, suicidal thoughts.” In the recent “ Thank You for Your Service ” and 2009’s “ The Good Soldiers,” Finkel shows us what he means by p ...

    15 Feb 2014 - Jim Douglas

  3. Animals in conflict

    Caught in battles, animals are often displaced and, sadly, many get killed in crossfire. This series offers some startling photography, highlighting both the pain of war and how compassion can survive in the most horrific of circumstances. These photos we ...

    10 Feb 2014 - Street Roots Staff

  4. 'They considered me a traitor and a spy’

    Helping U.S. forces made many Iraqi and Afghan interpreters targets in their own countries, and the visa program intended to help them has fallen under heavy fire Fifty-year-old Omar Al-Kubaisi says he wanted to give his people a voice and help prevent bl ...

    1 Jan 2014 - Nathan Gilles

  5. Birds of peace and prey

    Once Saddam Hussein’s portrait painter, Samir Khurshid’s artwork transcends the violence of his homeland and reflects hope for peace According to the United Nations, there are 45 million displaced people in the world, and more than 15 million of those peo ...

    8 Oct 2013 - Suzanne Zalokar

  6. Bearing Witness: War correspondent Marie Colvin

    Described as the “greatest war correspondent of her generation,” Marie Colvin was killed in Syria in 2012. Under the Wire is photographer Paul Conroy’s gripping account of the year spent on assignment with her. It’s a very chaotic room. But the baby’s dea ...

    2 Jul 2013 - Amy Mackinnon

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