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Andrea Mazzarino

Andrea Mazzarino, a TomDispatch regular, co-founded Brown University’s Costs of War Project. She has held various clinical, research, and advocacy positions, including at a Veterans Affairs PTSD Outpatient Clinic, with Human Rights Watch, and at a community mental health agency. She is the co-editor of War and Health: The Medical Consequences of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

What It Means for Hunger to Burn Through the Pentagon’s Ranks

Military Food Insecurity and Our Obsession with Defense Spending

By Andrea Mazzarino On January 12, 2023On January 12, 2023

How Terror Came Home and What to Make of It

My 10 Years as a Military Spouse in America’s Post-9/11 World

By Andrea Mazzarino On November 22, 2022On November 22, 2022

Choosing Life in a Pro-Violence Society

Post-Dobbs Abortion Access for Military Dependents Is in Question

By Andrea Mazzarino On October 2, 2022On October 2, 2022

A Military Rich in Dollars, Poor in People

And the Frayed Social Safety Net That Goes With It

By Andrea Mazzarino On August 14, 2022On August 14, 2022

America’s Anger Problem

Dealing with Trump’s Occupation of All Too Many American Hearts and Minds

By Andrea Mazzarino On June 30, 2022On August 2, 2022

War as Terrorism

Conflicts We Can’t Win, Suffering We Don’t See

By Andrea Mazzarino On May 31, 2022On May 31, 2022

The Costs of (Another) War

When We Could Be Fighting Climate Change

By Andrea Mazzarino On March 29, 2022On March 29, 2022

The Pentagon We Don’t Think About

A New Perspective on the Department of Homeland Security

By Andrea Mazzarino On January 25, 2022On January 25, 2022

The Costs of War (to You)

Where So Much of Our Money Really Went

By Andrea Mazzarino On November 21, 2021On November 24, 2021

Eyes Are Always on You

Life in the Post-9/11 Military

By Andrea Mazzarino On October 12, 2021On October 12, 2021

Who Authorized America’s Wars?

And Why They Never End

By Andrea Mazzarino On July 15, 2021On July 15, 2021

Changing the Way the Military Handles Sexual Assault

Or How Not to Leave the Fox Guarding the Henhouse

By Andrea Mazzarino On May 23, 2021On May 23, 2021

Making Sense of a Viral Military

A Military Spouse’s Perspective on the Pentagon’s Flawed Response to the Pandemic

By Andrea Mazzarino On April 15, 2021On April 15, 2021

America Goes to War

Perspectives on the Storming of the Capitol from a Military Spouse

By Andrea Mazzarino On February 28, 2021On March 3, 2021

Indirect Deaths

The Massive and Unseen Costs of America’s Post-9/11 Wars at Home and Abroad

By Andrea Mazzarino On January 24, 2021On January 24, 2021

Ready or Not, Here They Come

A Military Spouse’s Perspective on Bringing the Troops Home from Afghanistan and Iraq

By Andrea Mazzarino On December 3, 2020On January 19, 2021

War Zone America?

Perspectives on a Riven Nation from a Worried Military Spouse

By Andrea Mazzarino On September 22, 2020On January 19, 2021

The Military Is Sick

A Navy Spouse’s Take on Why We’re Not Getting Better

By Andrea Mazzarino On August 4, 2020On August 4, 2020

The War Zone Is America

A Military Spouse’s Perspective on Racism and Armed Violence in the United States

By Andrea Mazzarino On June 21, 2020On June 22, 2020

Who Is “Essential” to Our Covid-19 World

A Military Spouse’s Perspective on Fighting This Pandemic

By Andrea Mazzarino On May 14, 2020On May 15, 2020

What Americans Don’t Know About Military Families

America’s Endless Wars Go On (and On) and the Wounds Multiply

By Andrea Mazzarino On March 22, 2020On May 9, 2020

“We’ve Been Attacked!”

Women and Trauma in the Trump-Putin Era

By Andrea Mazzarino On February 6, 2020On May 15, 2021

“The Shooters Are Coming!”

War on Terror, War on Education

By Andrea Mazzarino On December 19, 2019On December 19, 2019

Bearing Witness to the Costs of War

On Being a Military Spouse and Writing About Our Post-9/11 Wars

By Andrea Mazzarino On November 24, 2019On November 24, 2019

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