Homeless Korean War veteran Thomas Moore, 79, left, speaks with Boston Health Care for the Homeless street team outreach coordinator Romeena Lee on a sidewalk in Boston. M (AP/Steven Senne)

How The VA’s Mistakes Are Sending Thousands Of Veterans Into Debt

The VA’s efforts to recoup overpayments made to veterans are putting many vets deep into debt, often with no recourse.

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A Mankiller Could Appear On The Next $20 Bill

Wilma Mankiller, the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation and a descendent of one of the people President Andrew Jackson forced to walk the “Trail of Tears,” is one of four candidates in a popular vote for who should grace the next $20 bill.

A Mankiller Could Appear On The Next $20 Bill

 President Bill Clinton hugs former Cherokee Nation chief Wilma Mankiller after presenting her with a Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony at the White House, Jan. 15, 1998. TAHLEQUAH, Oklahoma --- Wilma Pearl Mankiller, the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation, is one of four candidates in a popular vote to

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Bill Would Make ‘Policing For Profit’ Ticket Schemes A Federal Civil Rights Violation

“The time has come to end the practice of using law enforcement as a cash register, a practice that has impacted too many Americans and has disproportionately affected minority and low-income communities.”

Police departments all over the United States are raking in the money from average citizens. These aren’t hardened criminals, they are every-day people whose rights are being violated by greedy departments and cities which have criminalized victimless behavior in order to make millions off of people who are just minding their own business. In

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Lawmakers Trying To Pass Bill Exempting Politicians From Arrest And Prosecution For Corruption

Lawmakers have gotten away with untold levels of corruption and law-breaking for years, even since the beginning of government itself.

Lawmakers Trying To Pass Bill Exempting Politicians From Arrest And Prosecution For Corruption

Oklahoma state Rep. Kevin Calvey, R-Del City Taking payoffs, breaking the law and pushing through unconstitutional legislation as special favors to corporate interests has long been par for the course in politics. But now Representative Kevin Calvey (R – Oklahoma City) wants to make it official and make it illegal to arrest any state

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Citizenship For Immigrants? Obama Eases Insistence

Citizenship For Immigrants? Obama Eases Insistence

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's new declaration that he's open to legalizing many immigrants short of citizenship sounds a lot like House Speaker John Boehner and other GOP leaders, an election-year compromise that numerous Republicans as well as Democrats crave. But the drive for the first overhaul in three decades still faces

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Lawmakers Say Farm Bill Deal Reached, Would Cut Millions Annually From Food Stamps

House passage of the farm bill, which would spend almost $100 billion a year and would save around $2.3 billion annually, isn’t certain.

Lawmakers Say Farm Bill Deal Reached, Would Cut Millions Annually From Food Stamps

WASHINGTON (AP) — Farm-state lawmakers are pushing for final passage of the massive, five-year farm bill as it heads to the House floor Wednesday — member by member, vote by vote. There are goodies scattered through the bill for members from all regions of the country: a boost in money for crop insurance popular in the Midwest; higher cotton and

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