May 27 Column: How one military veteran teaches his students about Memorial Day By Demetrius Ball High school teacher Demetrius Ball hopes that by sharing a little about what life was like in the military, his students might further understand the meaning of Memorial Day. Continue reading
May 23 VA chief compares wait times for veteran care to Disney park lines By Matthew Daly, Associated Press Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald said Monday that the VA should not use wait times as a measure of success, comparing waits for VA health care to the hours people wait for rides at Disney theme parks. Continue reading
Apr 18 Dog Tag Bakery serves up sweets and helps those who have served By Larisa Epatko Dog Tag Inc., named after military identification “dog tags,” is on a mission to help those who have served their country. Continue reading
Mar 25 Male veterans face declining wealth and work prospects By Making Sen$e Editor Veterans who were in their early 50s in 1992 were better educated, healthier and wealthier than nonveterans of the same age. Yet, by 2010, this pattern had reversed. Continue reading
Mar 15 Watch 8:19 When veterans enroll at elite schools, they're not just students By PBS News Hour Today, a college degree is widely considered a prerequisite for career success -- but military veterans, often from low-income backgrounds, tend to lack the financial resources to pursue higher education. The nonprofit Posse Foundation aims to alter this dynamic, sending… Continue watching
Jan 28 Trump says he wanted to attend debate, but had to skip it By Jill Colvin, Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa -- Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is once again breaking all the rules of campaigning, holding his own protest event Thursday to coincide with the final GOP debate before Monday's Iowa caucuses. Continue reading
Jan 27 Watch 6:53 Keeping the memory of WWI alive with plans for a national memorial By PBS News Hour Millions of Americans who served during the Great War may soon be memorialized in the nation’s capital. The winning design by 25-year-old architect Joe Weishaar was selected from more than 360 proposals for the National World War I Memorial in… Continue watching
Jan 04 Watch 7:54 Wounded vets can't get help with in vitro fertilization costs By PBS News Hour U.S. military veterans who are having trouble starting families due to combat injuries do not get financial assistance from the V.A. for in vitro fertilization, leaving couples to pay for the costly treatments themselves. Efforts made in Congress to change… Continue watching
Dec 26 Watch 8:12 How L.A. is trying to get veteran homelessness down to zero By PBS News Hour In September, Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti allocated an additional $13 million dollars in city funds to expand subsidies for homeless people. And in November the L.A. City Council declared a “shelter crisis” which provides expanded access to temporary shelters as… Continue watching
Dec 01 Watch What I'll tell my son about fighting in the Iraq war By PBS News Hour Phil Klay, a veteran and author of the National Book Award-winning book “Redeployment,” explains the difficulty for service members trying figuring out what to say to family about their experience and role in fighting a war. Continue watching