War
16 stories
Loving Leah »
Thousands of children in Iraq have been diagnosed with congenital heart disease. Too few of them receive the surgery they so desperately need.
June 2010 by Esther Perez
Fear Less »
Can new research predict which soldiers will suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder—and which won’t?
April 2010 by Katy Vine
Home Front Lines »
For too many veterans, the emotional scars of war go untreated. An innovative group of Harris County politicians, judges, attorneys, and health care workers—most of whom are veterans themselves—is aiming to fix that.
January 2010 by Mimi Swartz
Sentimental Journey
The story of the Commemorative Air Force and the Yellow Rose, a WWII B-25 bomber.
January 2010
Home of the Brave
A time to grieve, remember, honor, question. Scenes from Fort Hood during the aftermath of a mass shooting on November 5, 2009. Photographs by Bob Daemmrich.
November 2009
Road to Perdition »
Was the Army as much to blame for the Mahmudiyah killings as its perpetrators?
June 2009 by Pamela Colloff
Charlie Wilson’s War Plan »
The legendary congressman talks about Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the future of the Middle East.
April 2009 by John Spong
Baghdad, Mexico »
In 2008 Juárez became a war zone. What happens next?
January 2009 by Sito Negron
Holding Garmsir »
Fighting the Taliban, the 130-degree heat, the boredom, the homesickness, and the weight of history with the Marines of Mustang Platoon in Afghanistan.
January 2009 by John Spong
Embedded in War
John Spong, who recently returned from Afghanistan, discusses reporting from war zones, and what it's really like on the inside.
July 2008
Bombing Iraq »
Hollywood loses the Iraq war.
April 2008 by Christopher Kelly
“I Think We Got Blown Up for Nothing” »
What happened to the brave men of Bravo Troop is everything, writ small, that’s gone wrong in our nearly-five-year fiasco of a war in Iraq.
January 2008 by Robert Draper
The Spying Game »
How the war in Kosovo turned an Austin online company into the Lone Star State Department.
June 1999 by Michael Hall
The Eyes Have It »
An anxious, alcoholic, stressed, and depressed Dallasite. A suicidal San Antonian. For each, a seemingly visionary treatment.
September 1998 by Jim Atkinson
War Rooms »
A massive buildup for Texas Tech University’s Vietnam archive.
June 1997 by Robert Bryce
Naval Gazing »
As the Navy’s top civilian leader, Texan John Dalton has navigated one scandal after another. He might also be charting a course back home—and to elected office.
May 1997 by Helen Thorpe




