Military

Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange in the U.S. Await Compensation

Hannah Norman, Patricia Kime / KFF Health News Apr 29, 2024 While the U.S. military used the herbicide to defoliate the jungles of Southeast Asia, it sprayed the same chemicals to kill poison oak and other weeds in northern California. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

McCain’s Brain Cancer Draws Renewed Attention to Possible Agent Orange Connection

By Charles Ornstein / ProPublica and Mike Hixenbaugh / the Houston Chronicle Aug 1, 2017 Vietnam vets and widows are pushing to extend benefits to those stricken with glioblastoma after exposure. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges: Vietnam War, Like the Later Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, Was ‘One Long Atrocity’ (Video)

BLANK Jan 4, 2017 Hedges and Nick Turse, author of “Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam," discuss how American wars of occupation are "primarily about murder."Chris Hedges and Nick Turse, author of “Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam," discuss how American wars of occupation are "primarily about murder." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Reliving Agent Orange, Rethinking the Cost of War

By Mike Hixenbaugh and Charles Ornstein / The Virginian-Pilot and ProPublica Jan 2, 2017 What if casualties don’t end on the battlefield but extend to future generations? Our reporting this year suggests the government may not want to know the answer. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

After Cancer Diagnosis, Vet Refutes Government’s Agent Orange Expert—and Wins

By Charles Ornstein / ProPublica Oct 27, 2016 Phil Cacioppo challenged the government’s findings on the chemical used extensively during the Vietnam War after the Veterans Administration rejected his claim for benefits. Six years later, the former Air Force radio repairman emerged the rare victor. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Ailing Vietnam Vets Hunt Through Ships’ Logs to Prove They Should Get Benefits

Staff / Truthdig Mar 8, 2016 Neither the Navy nor the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has a comprehensive list of which ships went where during the Vietnam War. As a result, veterans themselves often have to prove their ships served in areas where Agent Orange was sprayed. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

The Best Truthdig Poetry of 2015

Staff / Truthdig Dec 21, 2015 Here are the 10 poems that readers liked best from our very own original political poetry series, inaugurated this year. Here are the 10 poems that readers liked best from our very own original political poetry series, inaugurated this year. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

40 Years On, the Vietnam War Continues for Victims of Agent Orange

Marjorie Cohn / Truthdig Dec 17, 2015 A Vietnamese delegation is in the US to support a bill that would help remedy this humanitarian crisis, which inflicts suffering on both the old and the newly born The U has a moral obligation to make this bill law. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

From Japan to Vietnam, Radiation and Agent Orange Survivors Deserve Justice From the U.S.

Marjorie Cohn / Truthdig Aug 20, 2015 Besides being criminal, the United States' use of nuclear weapons in Hiroshima and Nagasaki and its poisoning of Vietnam and Okinawa with Agent Orange are a shameful legacy The denial and cover-up of each of these crimes add US insult to injury The denial and cover-up of each of these crimes add insult to injury. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

U.S. Starts Cleanup of Agent Orange in Vietnam

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 10, 2012 Almost 40 years after the end of the Vietnam War, the United States has established a cleanup program to address the effects of toxic chemicals used during the conflict that continue to afflict the Vietnamese people with cancers, birth defects and other diseases. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Agent Orange and Our Legacy of Chemical Warfare

Staff / Truthdig Sep 9, 2011 This week on Truthdig Radio, in collaboration with KPFK, we hear about Agent Orange and the continuing devastation from America's chemical warfare; the Justice Department's recent move to hold big banks accountable; the efforts of a pioneering Spanish broadcaster; and the economic outlook on jobs. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

USDA May Let Monsanto Test Own Crops

Staff / Truthdig Apr 26, 2011 Monsanto, a giant in the genetically modified food business, may be granted a privilege that any corporation would envy: regulating its own products. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )