Veterans

The Other Victims of US Burns Pits Were the Iraqi and Afghan People

The close to $700 billion appropriated in the PACT ACT for the next ten years will help alleviate some suffering caused by Halliburton’s war profiteering, but only for U.S. victims. It won’t do a thing for the people in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Amy Goodman · Aug 5, 2022

There Should Be No Path Forward to Privatizing Veterans Affairs

Steve Early · Jul 12, 2022

War Wounds: How Veterans Return From America's Wars

Ann Jones · Jun 20, 2022

A Graduation Speech to Air Force Cadets

William Astore · Jun 3, 2022

When Jim Crow Greeted Black Veterans

Robert C. Koehler · Mar 25, 2022

The Sacralization of War, American-Style

The violent infrastructure of this nation is like a noxious vine with destructive results for us all, but few connect this to other rising forms of violence in the U.S.

Kelly Denton-Borhaug · Feb 22, 2022

Anti-war veterans march against the war in Iraq in 2006.

The Antiwar Movement That Could Not End a War

Many of the soldiers who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan came to recognize the failure of those military actions. But why didn't more Americans take up the campaign to end two such pointless wars?

Nan Levinson · Feb 7, 2022

Anti-War Veterans Group Issues Its Own 'Nuclear Posture Review'

Released ahead of a Biden administration report, the assessment warns that the danger of nuclear war is greater than ever.

Jessica Corbett · Jan 19, 2022

100+ Peace, Green Groups Back Barbara Lee's Resolution to Cut Pentagon's Climate Impact

"Veterans see first-hand the cost of war and it is imperative that we work to minimize the Pentagon's carbon footprint."

Brett Wilkins · Nov 4, 2021

'Hanging Your Constituents Out to Dry': 5 Sinema Advisers Quit in Protest

"You have become one of the principal obstacles to progress, answering to big donors rather than your own people."

Brett Wilkins · Oct 21, 2021

We Need a National Rite of Passage That Doesn't Include War

Volunteering to serve a murderous lie is not a rite of passage, it's a recruitment goal. For many, it's a step into hell. Real service is not a farce, and it involves more than limitless obedience to a medal-bedecked higher authority.

Robert C. Koehler · Sep 16, 2021

Iraq War veterans march to a rally on Capitol Hill calling for an end to redeployments of soldiers with traumatic brain injuries.

What Americans Don’t Want to Hear About Our Moral Crimes of War

Valorizing, pathologizing, and demonizing vets are all ways of refusing to listen to the actual experiences of those who carry out our wars.

Kelly Denton-Borhaug · Aug 3, 2021

Deported Veterans Initiative Could Fulfill Biden Promise to 'Bring Them Back'

"Deported veterans are exiled from the country they were willing to die for, and their deportation prevents them from accessing the V.A. benefits they earned and that they are legally entitled to."

Brett Wilkins · Jul 6, 2021

Advocates Cheer VA Move to Offer Trans Vets Gender Confirmation Surgery

"Every veteran deserves to have access to the health care that they need, and the VA is working to make sure that includes transgender veterans as well."

Brett Wilkins · Jun 20, 2021