Robert Greenwald, November 11, 2009. News reports indicate that in the next few weeks, President Obama plans to announce his decision to send up to 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan.
Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. October 21, 2009. According to Rep. Daryl Metcalfe (R-PA), any veteran who cares about climate change is no better than Benedict Arnold.
Penny Coleman, AlterNet. September 9, 2009. Far too many soldiers end up behind bars while the rest of us are free to ignore the human evidence of what our military ventures really cost.
Penny Coleman, AlterNet. August 12, 2009. How the justice system has been manipulated to put astonishing numbers of vets with PTSD and other psychiatric injuries behind bars.
Aaron Glantz, IPS News. May 12, 2009. 'The first impulse is to be angry ... but then you can't help but ask: 'What caused this person to be this upset, this angry?'
Robert Greenwald, Brave New Foundation AlterNet: Video. April 16, 2009. With over 33,000 troops injured in Iraq and Afghanistan, we must commit more resources and services to vets.
Nora Eisenberg, AlterNet. April 3, 2009. "Two months in, everyone was coughing up black stuff. Three months, in my black stuff started to include blood."
Nora Eisenberg, AlterNet. March 17, 2009. The DoD finally admits that 360,000 Iraq and Afghanistan vets may have suffered serious brain injuries they previously dismissed as mild concussions.
Simon Maxwell Apter, The Nation. January 28, 2009. The "band of brothers" within the armed forces is taking a decidedly unbrotherly view of the debate over the Purple Heart.
Aaron Glantz, New America Media. January 3, 2009. America's promise to "Support the Troops" ends the moment they take off the uniform and try to make the transition to civilian life.
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.
