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Red Channels Broken Barry On HBO’s new tragicomedy, a veteran plumbs the depths of his combat record for the stage — but ends up painting a portrait of middle-American desolation. Eileen Jones

Red Channels Hollywood and the Pentagon Some of your favorite movies were probably made with help from the Department of Defense.

Now we know which ones.

Bass & Superstructure Who Cares What Army? Though their time as a band was brief, the Monks represent a “what if” of the convergence between GI resistance and the 1960s counterculture. Alexander Billet

Ways of Seeing The GI Bill Made Art The GI Bill is proof: if people have access to education and the means to live, they’ll create meaningful art. Ben Davis