When veterans and their families gather at commemorative events on November 11, many who use the benefits and services of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will…

Recent headline-making events in two of America’s most famous party-hardy cities sent us back to our well-thumbed copy of Touching the Dragon, a…

Amid the rhetorical fog of their game-changing presidential debate in June, Donald Trump and his then-opponent only dealt with the Department of…

From mocking John McCain’s military service to disparaging American soldiers who died abroad as “losers” and “suckers,” Donald Trump has shown plenty of disrespect…

The current military conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza have left death and destruction in their wake, with more to come in both…

Two years ago, city hall plaza in our hometown, Richmond, CA., was the scene of a protest vigil organized by Estefany Sanchez…

Our nation’s year-round celebration of former military service by 19 million Americans reaches its apex every Nov. 11 (aka Veterans Day). On…

All over the country nurses are fighting to make sure hospital staff get needed personal protective equipment and safe staffing

Although ten of its 14 members have been past VA administrators or advisors, the resumes of some raise questions about their commitment to undoing the main Trump-era damage to the agency, which took the form of costly and unnecessary out-sourcing of patient care to the private sector

A far bigger problem than Trump’s hurtful private comments about them is his Administration’s policy of privatizing their health care coverage