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September 28, 2011 - The $2 billion suit claims that private contractors including Houston-based KBR and their insurers routinely lied, cheated and threatened injured workers while ignoring a federal law requiring their compensation.

August 13, 2008 - Rural America is increasingly dependent on military dollars to keep its economy afloat, according to a new report by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (pdf). Whether that's a good or bad thing depends on how you look at it.

March 1, 2007 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 35 No. 1, "North Carolina at War." Find more from that issue here.

May 23, 2005 - Yesterday's Tampa Tribune brought more news of tragedy from the disaster in Iraq:

April 22, 2005 - Today's Associated Press reports that the Senate's "overwhelmingly approval" yesterday of $81 billion for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, if approved by the House and President, "would push the total cost of combat and reconstruction past $300 billion."

March 1, 2003 - After a spate of wife killings at Fort Bragg, domestic abuse in military families is under new scrutiny—but the Defense Department still turns a blind eye on key causes.

December 1, 2002 - This article first appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 30 No. 4, "The Right to Vote." Find more from that issue here.