Vets Win Expansion of Freedom of Speech and Right to Assemble

By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers Oct 10, 2014 For the past three years, members of Veterans For Peace and their allies have gathered at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Lower Manhattan on the date of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan to mark another year of a war and call for peace. This year, they were finally able to do so without facing a small army of police threatening arrest. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

White House Security Breach: Coming Home

Mark Fiore / Truthdig Oct 2, 2014 While everyone is focusing on fence jumpers and the security of the president, what about the security of the veterans who have fought our wars and brought their mental and physical scars home? Dig deeper

Black Men in America Are Traumatized by Racism — Are We Listening?

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Sep 24, 2014 The topic of racism often generates discussions of justice, equality, freedom and human rights. But what about trauma? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

No Thanks From an Ungrateful Nation: The Surge of Female Vets Living on the Streets

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Sep 16, 2014 Sexual assault is a major reason for the growing number of homeless female veterans. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Gaza Psychologist Becomes Trauma Victim, Tragically Losing 6 Close Relatives in Recent Attack

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Aug 7, 2014 “You are,” Dr. Hassan al-Zeyada says, “like a prison doctor treating a victim of torture, making the prisoner healthy to be interrogated and tortured again.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Best Reporting on Children With Post-Traumatic Stress

Staff / Truthdig Jun 25, 2014 This is what happens to children and teenagers exposed to violence in their own neighborhoods. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Government Efforts to Treat PTSD Are for Naught

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 21, 2014 There is little evidence that the billions of dollars spent each year to treat military service members and veterans diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder are having their intended effects, a new report commissioned by Congress finds. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Star-Spangled Baggage

By Ann Jones, TomDispatch Apr 17, 2014 Amid the barrage of coverage of Specialist Ivan Lopez's shooting spree at Fort Hood, evidence that has been in plain sight for years of how the violence of America’s distant wars comes back to haunt the "homeland" was missing. In that context, Lopez’s killings are one more marker on a bloody trail of death that leads from Iraq and Afghanistan into the American heartland. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Triggering Ft. Hood

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Ft. Hood

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Fort Hood and the True Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan Wars: Nearly 1 Million Traumatized by PTSD

Juan Cole / Truthdig Apr 3, 2014 The Fort Hood shooter who left three victims dead Wednesday had been being assessed for post-traumatic stress disorder. He had served for four months at the tail end of the Iraq War in 2011 and suffered from anxiety and depression. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Why Hospitals Are Failing Civilians Who Get PTSD

Staff / Truthdig Mar 5, 2014 More than 20 percent of civilians with traumatic injuries may develop PTSD. Trauma surgeons explain why many hospitals aren’t doing anything about it. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )