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  • Letters From an American
    Trump and the Troops
    September 4, 2020
    | Heather Cox Richardson

    The Atlantic published a story detailing Trump’s contempt for military service and the self-sacrifice of those killed in the line of duty. Trump is reacting with panic.

  • Civil Liberties
    Opinion: Why I Am Angry
    June 5, 2020
    | Jeremy Butler
    I’m a Navy officer. I’m a nonprofit CEO. I’m a black man in America.
  • Moyers on Democracy
    What America Could Have Been
    May 25, 2020
    | Jeremy Gerard

    The coronavirus epidemic will have a lasting worldwide impact, to be sure, but it will have a unique native social impact as well, one equal to those brought about by the upheavals of the 1960s and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Already it’s changed the way we see ourselves, and our nationhood.

  • War & Peace
    Memento Mori
    May 22, 2020
    | Robert Edwards

    "I never expected that I would be writing about the needless deaths of almost 100,000 of our countrymen, rapidly approaching the number who died in wars from Korea to Afghanistan combined. It is bitterly appropriate that we should reach that grim milestone on this particular weekend." (Robert Edwards was formerly an infantry and intelligence officer in the US Army and a captain in the 82nd Airborne in Iraq during the first Gulf War.)

  • Poets & Writers
    A Poet a Day: Maxine Hong Kingston Reads a Poem by Sandy Scull
    May 11, 2020
    "Sea Salt"
  • No Choice
    No Choice: Holly Alvarado
    November 13, 2017
    As women across the country face increasing obstacles to making decisions about their own lives, #NoChoice presents the lived experiences of women to make the political personal.
  • Health & Science
    My Sister Is a Veteran; Her Survival Depends on Congress
    September 14, 2017
    | Cecilia Plante
    She served her country and worked hard to provide for her family. She would be lost without Medicaid.
  • War & Peace
    Vets Group Demands Repayment of Enlistment Bonuses
    November 4, 2016
    | tomporter
    A leader of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America says the government should return bonus money it took from service members.
  • War & Peace
    Your Turn: Why Do Veterans Support Trump?
    July 8, 2016
    | Karin Kamp
    Many military vets wrote in to say they absolutely do not support Trump, and are afraid that he would put our troops in more danger.
  • War & Peace
    Why Do Veterans Support Donald Trump?
    June 28, 2016
    | Michael T. McPhearson
    Many believe he can shake up the system after the leadership vacuum that has allowed so many problems to grow.


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