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Frequently Asked Questions About Project 2025 Article
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Frequently Asked Questions About Project 2025

Project 2025 would concentrate federal power in the presidency, direct all levers of government to dismantle democracy, and pull the rug out from under America’s middle class.

Tymoni Correa-Buntley

LGBTQ+ Military Members and Veterans Face Economic, Housing, and Health Insecurities Article
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LGBTQ+ Military Members and Veterans Face Economic, Housing, and Health Insecurities

New analysis shows that LGBTQ+ service members and veterans face a bevy of social, economic, and health concerns—while contending with the legacy of discriminatory policies as well as ongoing social stigma and limits to benefits.

Lindsay Mahowald

Gun Suicides Among Former and Current Military Members Report
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Gun Suicides Among Former and Current Military Members

Rates of gun suicide are particularly high among former and current military members; there are steps that can be taken to address this challenge.

Eugenio Weigend Vargas, Marissa Edmund

The Challenges Facing the Department of Veterans Affairs in 2021 Report
U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough speaks during a press briefing on March 4, 2021, at the White House in Washington, D.C. (Getty/Mandel Ngan)

The Challenges Facing the Department of Veterans Affairs in 2021

Denis McDonough, the new secretary of Veterans Affairs, must work to address his department’s many challenges while supporting the veterans who return from war.

Lawrence J. Korb, Kaveh Toofan

U.S. Veterans Know, Trust, and Need Vote by Mail Report

U.S. Veterans Know, Trust, and Need Vote by Mail

Veterans are distinctively situated to verify the security, reliability, and necessity of vote by mail.

Danielle Root, Will Goodwin

Caring for U.S. Veterans: A Plan for 2020 Report

Caring for U.S. Veterans: A Plan for 2020

Ensuring that future political leaders provide U.S. veterans with the care and benefits they have earned will require legislators to understand how and why the current system has come to be.

Lawrence J. Korb

Representation Matters: In Conversation With the Cast of Netflix’s ‘One Day at a Time’ Podcast
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Representation Matters: In Conversation With the Cast of Netflix’s ‘One Day at a Time’

This week, Ed and Daniella sit down with Gloria Calderón Kellet, Justina Machado, and Isabella Gomez—the showrunner and stars of Netflix series 'One Day at a Time'—to discuss the importance of representation on their new show.

Daniella Gibbs Léger, Ed Chung, Rachel Rosen, 2 More Kyle Epstein, Chris Ford

Veterans and Military Families Need Comprehensive Paid Leave Solutions Article
A U.S. Marine looks at his daughter for the first time with his wife during a homecoming at Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, California, December 2016. (Getty/Sandy Huffaker)

Veterans and Military Families Need Comprehensive Paid Leave Solutions

Military service members, veterans, and their families have many reasons they need leave, and, along with all Americans, need comprehensive paid family and medical leave policies.

Diana Boesch

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