america’s-‘long-history-of-losing-innocence’-#shorts

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While America has a “long history” of losing its innocence, the Sept. 11 attacks were an “authentic tragedy” that you don’t get past, historian David Blight says. “You don’t get beyond 9/11,” he told PBS News’ Judy Woodruff. “You have to sit with it. It’s authentic tragedy. Where do youContinue Reading

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In “Aftermath,” a 1919 retrospective poem on his war, Siegfried Sassoon asked: “Have you forgotten yet?” “Look up,” he appealed, “and swear by the green of the spring that you’ll never forget.”[1] With the approach of the 25th anniversary of 9/11, I have been reflecting on that terrible day andContinue Reading

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Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis have been celebrating after seizing control of the Red Sea coast in a rapid offensive., NewsFeed Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis have been celebrating after seizing control of the Red Sea coast in a rapid offensive against the internationally-recognised government. In response, gov’t forces have launched strikes on HouthiContinue Reading

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Across the US, assisted dying – which some critics prefer to call assisted suicide – is legal in 30 out of 50 states, as well as in Washington DC. Oregon was one of the first places in the world to offer help to die for some patients, in 1997, andContinue Reading