Tag: veterans
For veterans in jail, this anti-violence workshop provides support
The effectiveness of the program is clear: a study shows that recidivism rates for participants are down by half.
Moral injury and America’s endless conflicts
Moral injury is not a recognized psychiatric diagnosis. Yet the concept began to take root among mental health specialists.
The Democrats are running more female veterans for office than ever...
Democrats have begun explicitly recruiting veteran women to run for Congress, hoping to capitalize on their service and military experience.
Peace advocates have long been found among veterans who fought in...
Most of these wars, large or small, have been met with opposition from veterans’ peace groups.
A veteran in a world of never-ending wars and improvised explosive...
Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse…
End this hidden risk to military families
As we honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice, let’s ensure service members and their families are no longer required to relinquish their rights in the name of freedom.
The War Within Initiative helps pay off $5 million in medical...
The fundraising drive "sparked the compassion of donors" to lift the medical debt of service members, veterans and their families.
Blue Water Veterans Now Get Agent Orange Rights
January 29, 2019, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit released a decision which marks a seismic shift in the field...
VA shadow rulers had sway over contracting and budgeting
New disclosures and investigations are straining the three Trump associates’ relationship with the new VA secretary.
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How corporations hope to eviscerate workers’ right to strike
Corporations so fear this kind of worker power that they’re asking the U.S. Supreme Court to rig the scales and help them kill future strikes before they even begin.
Can the Military-Industrial Complex be tamed?
Cutting the Pentagon's budget in half would finally force the generals to think.
‘Death sentence for women and families’: US court blocks domestic violence gun ban
The court ruled that the law prohibiting people with domestic violence restraining orders from owning guns "fails to pass constitutional muster," and that the ban is an outlier "that our ancestors never would have accepted."
Department of Veteran Affairs exceeds goal of providing safe, stable homes to veterans in...
The VA permanently housed 40,401 homeless veterans.
The interminable, withering babble from today’s Tower of Babel
When the end is messianic, imperial, “destiny” or God’s will—human fabrications made into commandments—all civilized bets are off.