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“At no point in history,” the report notes, “has a greater share of veterans been denied basic services intended to care and compensate for service-related injuries. (See https://www.swords-to-plowshares.org/2016/03/30/Underserved/)

As a country, the US has moved from being a reluctant, late entrant into World War 1 to being the premier merchant of death in weapons sales and premier militarist nation, engaged in a perpetual state of war waged from an empire of military bases.

November 11 was proclaimed Armistice Day after World War I. But during the Korean War, the Congress rebranded it “Veterans Day” and turned the meaning on its head.

We’re headed for a separation of powers showdown between Congress and the president that will ultimately end up in the Supreme Court.

When a healthful eating pattern goes too far, it may turn into an eating disorder that scientists are just beginning to study.

Understanding how human behaviors affect the spread and virulence of a disease can inform preparations for the future.

The biggest city in the US is joining a voting reform movement.

A GOP incumbent governor won’t admit defeat. Elsewhere, new voting systems underperform.

A hundred years ago, the Palmer Raids imperilled thousands of immigrants. Then a wily official got in the way.

Will the US and the Organization of American States once again be able to overturn election results?