Government-Military: Difference between revisions
From WikiDemocracy
Jump to navigationJump to search
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 292: | Line 292: | ||
[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/explosive-investigative-report-says-u-s-government-misled-public-on-war-in-afghanistan by PBS NEWS 9/12/19] | [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/explosive-investigative-report-says-u-s-government-misled-public-on-war-in-afghanistan by PBS NEWS 9/12/19] | ||
In a blockbuster story representing the culmination of several years of investigation and pursuit of government documents, The Washington Post reports that U.S. officials have been misleading the American public about the war in Afghanistan for the past 18 years. John Yang talks to The Washington Post’s Craig Whitlock, lead reporter on the story, about what the classified document trove revealed. | In a blockbuster story representing the culmination of several years of investigation and pursuit of government documents, The Washington Post reports that U.S. officials have been misleading the American public about the war in Afghanistan for the past 18 years. John Yang talks to The Washington Post’s Craig Whitlock, lead reporter on the story, about what the classified document trove revealed. | ||
=====50-year war on drugs imprisoned millions of Black Americans===== | |||
[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/50-year-war-on-drugs-imprisoned-millions-of-black-americans by Aaron Morrison 26/7/21 PBS NEWS] | |||
But rather than jet-setting with Fowler, Lucas discovered drugs and the drug trade at the height of the so-called war on drugs. Addicted to crack cocaine and involved in trafficking the drug, he faced decades-long imprisonment at a time when the drug abuse and violence plaguing major cities and working class Black communities were not seen as the public health issue that opioids are today. | |||
