We Could Have Greened Half the US Electrical Grid With $2.26 Wasted on Afghan War (Costs of War report cited)
April 20, 2021 Common Dreams
This article cites the new report released by the Costs of War project on Afghanistan.
Catherine Lutz
Time to Sell Peace, not cliches (Costs of War report cited)
April 20, 2021 Daily Times
This article cites research and statistics from the Costs of War project.
Afghan War Has Claimed 241,000 Lives, Report Finds (commentary by Catherine Lutz)
April 19, 2021 VOA News
Catherine Lutz in VOA, "These horrific numbers are testament to the costs of war, first to the Afghan people, and then to the soldiers and people of the United States. Ending the war as soon as possible is the only rational and humane thing to do."
What the 18th anniversary of the Iraq War teaches us about the costs of war (co-written by Cathy Lutz)
March 19, 2021 Military Times
Cathy Lutz and Neta C. Crawford penned this article around the 18th anniversary of the war between the U.S. and Iraq.
Afghanistan’s Fate Decided by Narcotics, Not Politics (Catherine Lutz cited)
November 13, 2020 NEO
Catherine Lutz in NEO, "The Pentagon should be telling us, the American public, who’s funding this, what that means, why this is happening."
Democrats, Be Bold on National Security (Catherine Lutz cited)
July 8, 2020 Defense One
This article features commentary from Catherine Lutz and Neta Crawford, who lead the Costs of War project based at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs.
Why Trump’s focus on falling death rates could be dangerous (commentary by Catherine Lutz)
June 26, 2020 Politico
In this article, Catherine Lutz offered commentary on COVID-19 deaths.
Too much military spending got us into this mess (co-authored by Catherine Lutz)
June 8, 2020 The Boston Globe
Catherine Lutz and Neta Crawford in the Boston Globe, "We can finance public education, public health, and high-quality veterans care. But, to do so, we have to reduce the Pentagon budget, invest in the programs actually keeping us safe and end the post-9/11 wars."
It’s Official: 100,000 Are Dead of Covid-19 in America, and Their Blood Is on Trump’s Hands (Catherine Lutz cited)
May 28, 2020 The Intercept
This article cites the recent essay co-authored by Catherine Lutz on normalizing COVID-19 deaths.
Trump wants America to ‘normalize’ coronavirus deaths. It’s the media’s job not to play along. (Catherine Lutz cited)
May 11, 2020 Washington Post
This column references a recent essay written by Catherine Lutz on the dangers of normalizing COVID-19 deaths.
We Can’t Let COVID-19 Deaths Become Normalized
May 5, 2020
Catherine Lutz is the co-director of Brown University's Costs of War Project and Anne Lutz Fernandez is an English teacher. They are the co-authors of Carjacked: The Culture of the Automobile and Its Effect on Our Lives.
Confronting COVID-19 with the wrong tools (interview with Catherine Lutz)
April 13, 2020 Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
In this interview, Catherine Lutz explains why we need to fundamentally rethink what national security means so it can focus civilian solutions toward very real societal risks many are currently experiencing.
Fighting a virus with the wrong tools (written by Catherine Lutz)
March 30, 2020 The Hill
In this article, Catherine Lutz writes, "America isn’t ready for this pandemic because our government has been spending money on the wrong things. Instead of putting money towards fighting disease or alleviating suffering, the U.S. spent enormous sums over the past couple of decades on war and war preparation."
Post-9/11 War on Terror costs $6.4 trillion plus 801,000 deaths (Catherine Lutz and Costs of War report cited)
November 18, 2019 Digital Journal
Cited in Digital Journal, "The two reports were prepared by the Costs of War Project at Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. Catherine Lutz, Costs of War co-director and a Brown Professor who authored the projects' report on deaths said: "These reports provide a reminder that even if fewer soldiers are dying and the U.S. is spending a little less on the immediate costs of war today, the financial impact is still as bad as, or worse than, it was 10 years ago."
Reckoning with the costs of war: It's time to take responsibility (Costs of War report cited)
November 13, 2019 The Hill
Cited in The Hill, "As horrible as the wars’ impacts are in this country, a new report released today by Brown University’s Costs of War project shows that the magnitude of death, injury and trauma in the countries where the United States has fought its wars is far worse."
A disastrous 18 years in Afghanistan (co-authored by Catherine Lutz)
October 7, 2019 Providence Journal
Catherine Lutz co-authors a piece in the Providence Journal, "Above all, the Afghanistan war has failed to achieve its goals."
Afghanistan's hired guns (comments by Cathy Lutz)
April 26, 2019 U.S. News & World Report
Professor Cathy Lutz comments on the number of security contractors that the U.S. military employs in Afghanistan, saying "The main problem with contractors of all sorts is there's just not enough attention to what they're doing. That's not been reported out in a clear way to anybody's satisfaction for all these years."
The $5.6 Trillion Price Tag of the Post-9/11 Wars
May 23, 2018
Catherine Lutz, co-director of the Watson Institute’s Costs of War project, responds to President Trump’s repeated claim that the United States "has spent $7 trillion in the Middle East."
US Senate Debates Yemen War Powers Resolution (Costs of War project cited)
March 21, 2018 C-SPAN
During a Senate debate on the Yemen War Powers Resolution on March 20, 2018, lawmakers discussed the extent of U.S. force abroad and Congress's role in making decisions about where the U.S. goes to war. Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) cited new Brown University Costs of War project data showing that the U.S. is taking military action against terrorism in 76 countries. "How often," he asked, "has Congress debated whether those military actions were authorized?"
National Geographic turns the lens on its own racist history (comments by Catherine Lutz)
March 21, 2018 NPR
Catherine Lutz, a professor of anthropology, called National Geographic's past coverage "a kind of white view of the world ... it's safe, and it's basically free of problems." The magazine's forthcoming issue will confront its own racist past.