Biden Calls for Unity in 9/11 Remembrance Video
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.President Joe Biden called on Americans to find unity and strength in a solemn, six-and-a-half minute pre-recorded address commemorating the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. After 9/11, he said, Americans “saw something all…
Inside the Wild, Twitter-Fueled Race to Airlift Dogs From Afghanistan
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On the morning of August 29, a little more than 24 hours before the United States military would complete its withdrawal from Afghanistan, an Army veteran named Tom Amenta took to Twitter for a big announcement. “Good…
It’s Not Too Late to Learn the Lessons We Didn’t Learn From 9/11
A man watches smoke emit from the former site of the World Trade Center on September 12, 2001, from Hoboken, New Jersey.Chris Hondros/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.This changes everything. Well…kind of. After the devastating strikes of September 11, 2001, much…
9/11: When Pop Culture Went Into Patriotic Overdrive
Toby Keith performs at the Annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Los Angeles, May 2002.Kevin Winter/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Within weeks, maybe even days, following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the entertainment industry mobilized to show that…
It Took Approximately Zero Seconds for Hawks to Make the Afghanistan Withdrawal About China
Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Over the past two weeks, virtually every national security expert has found a way to weigh in on the United States’ chaotic departure from Afghanistan. But at a time when the foreign policy conversation in…
Odds of Escape Waning for At-Risk Afghans, Despite Assurances
People wait to be evacuated at Hamid Karzai airport, August 18, 2021.Staff Sgt. Victor Mancilla/US Marine Corps/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.With just two days to go before the August 31 deadline for US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the evacuation effort from…