Author: Beth Bailey
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Abandoning America’s Afghan allies
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On March 11, the House Budget Committee dropped language from its bill to fund the federal government that would have added 20,000 Special Immigrant Visas, or SIVs, for the Afghan allies who sacrificed their safety to support our overseas mission. The SIV program remains the only chance of safety for many of the more than 128,000 Afghan principal…
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Healing loudly: One veteran’s work to curb the suicide epidemic by speaking out
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September is Suicide Prevention Month, when advocates publicize an epidemic that is taking far too many lives. Despite earnest attempts to curb the staggering rise in suicides over the past two decades, the numbers tell a disturbing tale. Among the entire U.S. population, the age-adjusted suicide rate climbed from 10.4 per 100,00 in 2000 to…
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Calculating the human toll of the US exit from Afghanistan three years later
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Three years after the United States left Afghanistan devastated and in chaos, the trauma continues to be felt around the world. Afghans, including refugees and asylum-seekers, carry a heavy burden of pain. So, too, do the veterans, volunteers, Gold Star family members, and advocates who have desperately tried to rescue whomever they can. To show…