Saturday marks the 20 th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks . For those of us who were old enough to experience 9/11 and understand the gravity of what was happening, it was evident 9/11 was a transformational moment that would change America from that point forward. Perhaps the most impactful and noticeable impact of the terrorist attacks was the initiation of the War on Terror, a world-spanning campaign to battle terrorism in the name of defending America from another attack. Meanwhile, the years since 9/11 have seen a host of social movements and protest campaigns in the U.S., from anti-Iraq War demonstrations to Occupy Wall Street to Black Lives Matter , which emerged in 2013 and became a global movement against police brutality and unjustified killings of Black people. As we reflect on the two decades since Sept. 11, 2001, one of the understated legacies of 9/11 is the way in which the War on Terror has fueled the process of militarization that underlies...
