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Abolish Veterans Day
A day dedicated to ensuring peace has been weaponized to promote war and lionize capitalism
 • Jasper Craven
Inside Trump's Crackdown at America's Military Academies
Banned books, hazing rites, Mike Flynn, and a Secret Service agent knocking on my door
 • Jasper Craven
May Day, My Dad + The Problems of a Movement Messiah
The movement to end the Vietnam War could have morphed into something larger. What went wrong?
 • Jasper Craven
Pete Hegseth, Christian Nationalism, and the Festering Wounds of the Forever Wars
Just after January 6, Pete Hegseth’s tattoos were scrutinized, his loyalties were questioned, and, suddenly, he was on the outs with the Army.
 • Jasper Craven
Breaking: HUD changes policy that denied disabled veterans from housing
The policy change is central to claims in Powers v. McDonough and "will ensure that no veteran is denied housing assistance because of their…
Published on Home of the Brave — a Long Lead Newsletter • 
My Book Is On (Fire) Sale!
Between July 15 and 22, Duke University Press will be offering paperback copies of Our Veterans, the book I co-authored last year, at a 70% discount as…
 • Jasper Craven
"If Congress wanted to give us the authority, VA would build housing."
A remarkably candid Q&A on housing, unhoused veterans, and what the VA can and cannot do, with Veterans Affairs administrators John Kuhn and C. Brett…
Published on Home of the Brave — a Long Lead Newsletter • 
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