Nora Eisenberg, The Guardian. November 11, 2008. Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan are in danger from toxic chemicals, yet most don't know what they've been exposed to or where to get help.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. November 11, 2008. The powerful film chronicles the life of paralyzed veteran Tomas Young following his return from Iraq.
Kelly Dougherty, Iraq Veterans Against the War AlterNet: War on Iraq. November 11, 2008. It is fitting that our nation reserves a day to honor the sacrifice of our soldiers, but we have fallen short of caring for our veterans.
AlterNetOctober 17, 2008. See how the candidates compare on the occupation of Iraq, the use of mercenaries in war and other issues in the so-called War on Terror.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet: Democracy and Elections. September 15, 2008. Despite a new policy, the Department of Veterans Affairs is still blocking voter registration efforts.
Penny Coleman, AlterNet. September 11, 2008. Vets are killing themselves in growing numbers, but the government sees suicides as a way to lower the official average processing time of claims.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. September 9, 2008. With Senate pressure looming, Veterans Affairs issues a new policy after barring voter drives for most of the 2008 voter registration season.
VoteVets.org AlterNet: War on IraqSeptember 8, 2008. "It is simply unacceptable for any member of the military, or civilian, to discuss these kinds of classified details -- especially with the media."
Jill Carroll, Christian Science Monitor. July 16, 2008. When veterans of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan bring their troubles home, police and judges often are the first to deal with them.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet: Democracy and Elections. July 2, 2008. VA policy banning registration drives defied by secretary of state, attorney general.
Dahr Jamail, IPS News. June 4, 2008. Continuing the Winter Soldier hearings in Maryland and D.C., Iraq veterans tell a Seattle audience stories of the daily atrocities committed in Iraq.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. May 20, 2008. Angry vets testify to horrors of killing innocent people, and the way they came to dehumanize those they were supposedly sent to "liberate."
Paul Rieckhoff, Huffington Post. May 16, 2008. We've seen enough bumper sticker and lapel pin patriotism; the landmark GI Bill is a major bipartisan commitment to the troops.
Paul Rieckhoff, Huffington Post AlterNet: War on Iraq. May 16, 2008. We've seen enough bumper sticker and lapel pin patriotism; the landmark GI Bill is a major bipartisan commitment to the troops.
Mike Connery, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. May 15, 2008. The VA is ordering its staff not to diagnose veterans with PTSD, short-changing our soldiers and making worse an already under-treated condition.
