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Two years ago, city hall plaza in our hometown, Richmond, CA., was the scene of a protest vigil organized by Estefany Sanchez…
Our nationās year-round celebration of former military service by 19 million Americans reaches its apex every Nov. 11 (aka Veterans Day). On…
At the beginning of this midterm election year, we received an urgent fundraising appeal from US representative Jake Auchincloss, a centrist Democrat…
Fifty years ago, no symbol of university complicity with the military angered more students than the on-campus presence of the Reserve Officersā…
During the 2020 presidential election, when millions of Americans were being bombarded with appeals to back Joe Biden or Donald Trump, Brittany…
When Joe Biden ran for president in 2020, he marketed himself as a pragmatist, eager to collaborate with Republicans and capable of…
Corporate America loves to proclaim its love and support for “our veterans.” The persistent problem of veteran suicide has provided big firms…
Amazon, Starbucksāand the National Guard? Politicized mission and bad conditions push soldiers to join the Texas State Employees Union
A look at Joe Glentonās new book,Ā Veteranhood: Hope and Rage in British Ex-Military LifeĀ (Repeater Books)
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