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Democratic veterans helped tip House scales
A record 200 military veterans ran for the House and Senate this year, with at least six Democrats pulling upsets are taking open seats. Claudia Grisales, who reports on Congress for Stars and Stripes, recently called this group a “new…
From shell-shock to PTSD, a century of invisible war trauma
We now know that what these combat veterans were facing was likely what today we call post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. We are now better able to recognize it, and treatments have certainly advanced, but we still don’t have a…
Why these veterans regret their for-profit college degrees — and debt
A new documentary illuminates how veterans have been particularly vulnerable to abuses by the for-profit college industry.
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War veterans find sustenance–and solace–in farming
After Congress failed to pass a farm bill ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, a Department of Agriculture program that helps veterans transition into farming faces an uncertain future. For soldiers returning from war, farming can offer a new occupation,…
It was a week of bewilderment over what President Donald Trump really thinks about Russian interference in the U.S. election and what he and Russia's Vladimir Putin told each other in their private meeting. Here's a week of statements in…
Among the more than 2.5 million men and women who have served in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, there are many veterans -- exposed to sandstorms, burn pits and other hazards -- who suffer from a mysterious pulmonary illness,…
Military veterans are running for Congress this year in record numbers, many for the first time. In New Jersey's 11th district, no fewer than four veterans, two in each party, are running for the open congressional seat. Lisa Desjardins reports…
For the 3 million women who have served in the U.S. military, there's a growing effort to highlight and register their place in history. Going back to the American Revolution, they have held a variety of roles, and are now…
Trump notes in a tweet Thursday that it’s been four years since a scandal at a VA hospital in Phoenix, in which some veterans died while waiting for appointments.
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