Bob Collins
China is pouring money and workers into Iraq to get control of most of the oil the country is producing. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Tag: War
The mystery rings
One day you’re working in the oil fields of North Dakota. The next day the president of the United States is putting a medal around your neck, telling you you’re one of the very few recipients of the nation’s highest honor.
When a soldier dies, a governor orders flags lowered, we newspeople run a story, a town says ‘goodbye,’ and then everyone moves on.
Homecomings
A day in the life of a war correspondent
When journalists keep a secret
When is war worth fighting? What is the cost-benefit analysis of protecting girls anywhere from those who would deny them something as basic as an education? Is it our problem?
In Waverly, Minnesota, women veterans who have returned from duty are finding the support and friendship essential to their recovery from the wounds, both emotional and physical, they sustained in combat.
The homecoming