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Andrea Mazzarino

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From Gaza to Ukraine, war is also an assault on public health

Measles, cholera, typhoid, polio — the ripple effects of violence on health often go unrecognized

yesterday 10

Salon

Andrea Mazzarino

War Makes the World Sick... Literally

War Makes the World Sick... Literally
09.07.2025 6

Common Dreams

Andrea Mazzarino

Illness and Endless Wars

War kills in so many ways. These days, Americans are bombarded with images from Gaza and elsewhere of people or broken bodies being ferried on...

09.07.2025 10

CounterPunch

Andrea Mazzarino

This Isn't the First Time the United States Has Kidnapped People

27.05.2025 2

The Nation

Andrea Mazzarino

Land of unfreedom: Trump's dystopian detainment policies have a long history

I can't keep track of Trump's horrors either. But a look back at the War on Terror reminds us this is nothing new

25.05.2025 7

Salon

Andrea Mazzarino

Trump: the Kidnapper-and-Chief

19.05.2025 2

Common Dreams

Andrea Mazzarino

Detention Practices in a Trumpy Post-9/11 Age

I don’t know about you, but the news continues to stress me out. Trump administration officials are using any excuse they can think of to detain and...

19.05.2025 7

CounterPunch

Andrea Mazzarino

The Devastating Impacts of Trump's War on Workers: A Personal Dispatch

03.04.2025 5

Common Dreams

Andrea Mazzarino

The Costs of Trump’s War on Federal Workers

The second administration of President Donald J. Trump has already started working its special magic across the Washington, D.C. capital region. Elon...

02.04.2025 20

CounterPunch

Andrea Mazzarino

Hiding Detained Immigrants From Public View Can Only End in Horror

28.02.2025 2

The Nation

Andrea Mazzarino

The War on Terror Turns Inward

President Donald Trump has made no secret of his disdain for immigrants, particularly the non-white variety from south of our border. His statements...

24.02.2025 10

CounterPunch

Andrea Mazzarino

Why Trump Is Detaining Migrants Out of Sight and Out of Mind in Guantánamo Bay

21.02.2025 4

Common Dreams

Andrea Mazzarino

American Troops as Migrants

This country, once a haven for immigrants, is now on the verge of turning into a first-class nightmare for them. President Donald Trump often speaks...

22.01.2025 6

CounterPunch

Andrea Mazzarino

Will US Troops Fight Trump’s War on Migrants?

21.01.2025 4

Common Dreams

Andrea Mazzarino

The Military Under Trump Will Be a Disaster

16.12.2024 5

The Nation

Andrea Mazzarino

How our years of endless war produced a heartless nation

In the early 1990s, doctors in Hiroshima discovered a stress-induced syndrome they called Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, or “broken heart syndrome” — a...

14.12.2024 10

Salon

Andrea Mazzarino

The Return of War to the Home Front

In the early 1990s, doctors in Hiroshima, Japan, discovered a stress-induced syndrome they called Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, or “broken heart...

13.12.2024 7

CounterPunch

Andrea Mazzarino

Trump’s Second Victory Marks the Climax of the US War on Terror

Trump has used his public statements to direct his anger not toward China and Russia whose militaries threaten our allies, but toward our own...

11.12.2024 5

Common Dreams

Andrea Mazzarino

What’s at Stake in 2024 — from (My) Rural America

Images of homes that collapsed under mudslides or falling trees, waterlogged farms, and debris-filled roads drove home (yes, home!) to me...

30.10.2024 5

CounterPunch

Andrea Mazzarino

What Is Trump Really Offering Rural Voters? More Hell on Earth and Harder Times Ahead

In a world where the weather’s only growing worse, if my community is a good example — and I suspect it’s as good as any — rural Americans need to...

28.10.2024 10

Common Dreams

Andrea Mazzarino

The Remnants of War Are Killing People in Times of Peace

02.10.2024 4

The Nation

Andrea Mazzarino

War Forever, Everywhere

Count on one thing: armed conflict lasts for decades after battles end and its effects ripple thousands of miles beyond actual battlefields. This...

24.09.2024 6

CounterPunch

Andrea Mazzarino

When Wars End, They Still Continue to Take Lives

Count on one thing: armed conflict lasts for decades after battles end and its effects ripple thousands of miles beyond actual battlefields. This...

23.09.2024 3

Truthout

Andrea Mazzarino

War Forever. War Everywhere. War Left Behind.

The destruction of our world is the warfare that consumes so much of it and the reverberating violence each conflict leaves in its wake.

23.09.2024 9

Common Dreams

Andrea Mazzarino

America the unwell: The corporate greed threatening our stability

One thing our government doesn’t like doing is challenging the greed of health insurance companies. I can speak with some authority about holes in...

22.08.2024 10

Salon

Andrea Mazzarino

Corporate Greed Threatens the Health of Our Minds, Our Bodies, and Our Republic

Americans, who are getting sicker, sadder, and ever more anxious, are so often unable to access necessities like healthcare because all too many...

21.08.2024 2

Common Dreams

Andrea Mazzarino