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Four members of the neo-fascist Proud Boys, three of whom have military backgrounds, were convicted Thursday of a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol – a significant milestone in the Jan. 6, 2021 cases that again highlighted the participation of veterans and service members, and created a new wave of disinformation. Former Proud Boys leader […]
April 25, 2023 Washington, D.C. – Today, during National Fair Housing Month, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a former fair housing attorney, and U.S. Representatives Scott Peters (D-CA-50) and Adam Schiff (D-CA-30) reintroduced the Fair Housing Improvement Act of 2023 to protect veterans and low-income families from housing discrimination. 2.3 million veterans and low-income households use Housing Choice […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, during National Fair Housing Month, Rep. Scott Peters (CA-50), Adam Schiff (CA-30), and Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) reintroduced the Fair Housing Improvement Act of 2023 to protect veterans and low-income families from housing discrimination. Over two million veterans and low-income households use Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV) to pay rent, but there […]
While the United States has seen immense progress regarding cannabis law reform and reshaping the public opinion of the drug over the years, the continued lack of federal legalization and regulation is clear, especially in its effects on groups like veterans. Canada, which has legal cannabis throughout the country, introduced the Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) […]
The American Legion has been instilling pride and respect for the U.S. flag through its Rally Around the Flag campaign. Under this campaign was an overhaul of three popular American Legion youth comic books sold through Emblem Sales – “I Pledge Allegiance,” “Our Country’s Veterans” and “Our Country’s Flag.” “I Pledge Allegiance” is a fun, interactive […]
Afghans who are struggling to find work in line with the careers they had before they fled their country can now sign up to get mentored by U.S. military veterans working in their field. The new program, created by Tent Partnership for Refugees, already has 16 companies participating around the United States, including software developer […]
A whistleblower said the Department of Veterans Affairs has known of and tracked racial disparities in benefits decisions for years. Here’s an update an ongoing discrimination lawsuit against the VA. AILSA CHANG, HOST: Internal documents from the Department of Veterans Affairs show that Black veterans are much less likely to get approved for benefits for […]
Black men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) have longer overall survival when treated with androgen receptor targeting agents (ARTAs) compared with non-Black men, according to study findings presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s 2023 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in San Francisco, California. The study included 11,021 men who received treatment with ARTAs (abiraterone […]
SAN DIEGO — After fighting in Afghanistan, former U.S. Army soldier Mauricio Hernandez Mata returned home with post-traumatic stress disorder, which he says eventually led to getting in trouble with the law and being deported to Mexico — a country he had not lived in since he was a boy. On Wednesday, he and another deported […]