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)
A Different Kind of āService Candidateā Runs for Senate
Biden is perpetuating disastrous Trump policies, rather than undoing the damage they caused
Will disabled vets become the new welfare queens?
The quieter focus of the film The Drummer is the lasting physical and psychological impact of military service, under post 9/11 conditions
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 unnecessaryĀ out-sourcing of patient careĀ to the private sector
Among the groups trying to prevent the GOP from out-organizing the Democratic Party among veterans and military families are the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and Common Defense, a national organization of progressive veterans
A far bigger problem than Trumpās hurtful private comments about them is his Administrationās policy of privatizing their health care coverage
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