Veterans Arrive at Standing Rock to Act as 'Human Shields' for Water Protectors
As tensions grow in North Dakota, with multiple eviction orders facing the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in their battle against the Dakota Access Pipeline, U.S. military veterans on Friday began arriving at the Oceti Sakowin protest camp.
Cutting red tape to find housing for homeless veterans
It's fascinating what a little coordination - and a lot of communication - can do in battling homelessness among veterans.
VA Struggles to Help Homeless Vets
President Obama has created a number of initiatives to end homelessness among veterans in the United States. And while many of those programs have helped get thousands of veterans off the streets, others have fallen short.
Emergency Jobless Benefits Cut-Off Has Hit Nearly 300,000 Veterans
The number of jobless veterans who’ve lost access to federal jobless benefits since Congress allowed Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) to expire at the end of last year — which we estimated at the end of February was close to 200,000 and counting — will reach an estimated 285,000 by the end of this month.
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