We’re Still at War: Photo of the Day for February 6, 2012

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Autocratic forces are ascendant in America. But truth-telling independent media is one remaining bulwark against the unrestrained exercise of power. At a time when billionaire owners of corporate media are making accommodations to political leaders, our nonprofit newsroom cannot be bought or broken. Please stand with us.

Army Pfc. Shari Crump (center) listens to a convoy brief by her platoon leader prior to a resupply mission at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., on January 22, 2012. Crump is a truck driver assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s, 1st Brigade Combat Team. DoD photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod, US Army.