Tuesday marks the 10th anniversary of the start of the Iraq War. While looking back on the war’s impact, last week we started a conversation about the books that first helped you comprehend war. In that discussion, many listeners cited “The Things They Carried,” Tim O’Brien’s moving fictional account of the Vietnam War. Takeaway listener Jim […]
In the years since the start of the war in Iraq, thousands of Iraqis have fled their homes and sought refuge in neighboring countries like Jordan and Syria, but also here in the United States. San Diego, California is home to one of the largest Iraqi populations in the country, but many of them are […]