Tag: veterans
76-Year-Old Veteran Commits Suicide In VA Parking Lot After Being Denied...
Veteran suicides in the United States are a chronic problem. Veterans face a suicide risk higher than the rest of the American population.
How Veterans Are Losing the War at Home
Making America Pain-Free for Plutocrats and Big Pharma, But Not Vets
Trump Is in Trouble with Veterans
Looks like Trump won’t be counting on any votes from veterans or their family members.
Why Do Veterans Support Donald Trump?
Many military vets wrote in to say they absolutely do not support Trump, and are afraid that he would put our troops in more danger.
A Memorial Day Reminder of the Nature of War
What follows are some excerpts from letters sent to William Astore’s dad.
Connecticut Ends Veteran Homelessness
Now two states in the nation, Connecticut and Vermont, have a system in place to make sure that all homeless Veterans can find permanent housing within 60 days.
Once Again, the VA Turns Down Navy Vets for Agent Orange...
A federal court had ordered the VA to reassess its policy denying Agent Orange benefits to Navy sailors who served in the Vietnam War. The VA’s conclusion: They still don’t qualify.
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Daniel Ellsberg speaks to us as the war on Iran continues
"We owe it to our troops, as well as to other potential victims of this war, to speak the truth about ourselves: what we believe, what we reject, and what we want.”
Supreme Court blocks Trump’s ’emergency’ tariffs
The Court ruled that the IEEPA does not grant the president authority to levy tariffs, as that power belongs exclusively to Congress under the Constitution.
Ramadan under the blockade: The women of Havana’s only mosque
What will happen to the women living under the boot of the U.S. empire if women here sit back and merely wait for the next election cycle?
A First Lady in a New York Cell
One year later, Cilia Flores, the wife of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, languishes in a cell in New York City, having been dragged out of her room and kidnapped by U.S. forces on the Jan. 3 attack on Venezuela.
Why the Trump administration doesn’t just break the law
Whether the Trump administration cloaks its actions in legal rationales or disregards legality altogether, communities at home and abroad continue to resist.