civil war – Moni Basu

Civil rights leader takes heat for stand on Confederate monuments

I heard Andrew Young say this morning that it's a waste of time to protest Confederate monuments. That energy, he said on NPR's Morning Edition, should be reserved to continue…

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August 23, 2017

Middle East / Military / U.S. Army / War / War & Conflict

Remembering Ramadi as Iraq suffers again

I fought off tears as I read Sunday's New York Times. The news from Iraq was horrifying. A vicious civil war seems imminent as fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq…

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June 16, 2014

Libya

What's in a word?

Journalists in newsrooms across the globe have been grappling with the language they use in telling the story of the Libyan uprising.It's not Tunisia or Egypt. The unrest there has…

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March 7, 2011