It’s Alaska Day!

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It’s Alaska Day!

One hundred and fifty-seven years ago, Alaska was formally transferred from Russia to the United States after it was purchased from Russia for the sum of $7.2 million on March 30th, 1867. It took several months for commissioners to arrive in the territory of Alaska to formally transfer ownership. And so, on October 18th, 1867, […]

‘This Is What the US Military Was Doing in Iraq’: Photos of 2005 Haditha Massacre Finally Published

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‘This Is What the US Military Was Doing in Iraq’: Photos of 2005 Haditha Massacre Finally Published

“I watched them shoot my grandfather, first in the chest and then in the head. Then they killed my granny,” said one survivor who was just 8 years old during the attack by U.S. Marines. After years of working with Iraqis whose relatives were killed by U.S. Marines in the 2005 Haditha massacre, American journalists […]

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