, and Nadia McCaffrey, Gold Star mother and founder of the Patrick McCaffrey Foundation.
U.S. soldiers aren't the only ones struggling to reconcile their lives before and after the military. Micha Kurz is cofounder of Breaking the Silence, an organization that collects stories from members of the service (which is compulsory in Israel for young men and women) who served in the occupied territories. Now with Grassroots Jerusalem, where he helps bring together grassroots social justice activists from across Israel, Kurz talks to Laura about his experiences during the second intifada, serving in the occupied territories, and what grassroots activists can do to bring peace to the Middle East.
The health care battle just keeps getting nastier--pro-choice progressives got thrown a curveball this weekend with the Stupak-Pitts Amendment, which would curtail the ability of women to obtain an abortion if they can't pay out of pocket. Laura has commentary, and Tammy Johnson of ColorLines asks what kind of public option doesn't cover all people. We also have video provided by Essential Dissent of a single-payer protest in Syracuse, and from Brave New Films, a look at industry "spokesjerks."
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Today's Veterans, Micha Kurz and Health Care
Veterans Day is this week, and the shootings at Fort Hood this week brought to the forefront many questions about soldiers and military personnel: how are soldiers surviving the wars, and readjusting to life at home? What are we doing to help them, and is it enough? With the war in Iraq supposedly winding down and the war in Afghanistan ratcheting up, it's time to take a serious look at some of these questions, and try to understand the role that the military plays in all of our lives.
We discuss these questions and more with Anuradha K. Bhagwati, executive director of the Service Women's Action Network, Dr. Anna Burton, psychiatrist with The Soldiers Project, Dahr Jamail, independent journalist and author of The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Nadia McCaffrey, Gold Star mother and founder of the Patrick McCaffrey Foundation.
U.S. soldiers aren't the only ones struggling to reconcile their lives before and after the military. Micha Kurz is cofounder of Breaking the Silence, an organization that collects stories from members of the service (which is compulsory in Israel for young men and women) who served in the occupied territories. Now with Grassroots Jerusalem, where he helps bring together grassroots social justice activists from across Israel, Kurz talks to Laura about his experiences during the second intifada, serving in the occupied territories, and what grassroots activists can do to bring peace to the Middle East.
The health care battle just keeps getting nastier--pro-choice progressives got thrown a curveball this weekend with the Stupak-Pitts Amendment, which would curtail the ability of women to obtain an abortion if they can't pay out of pocket. Laura has commentary, and Tammy Johnson of ColorLines asks what kind of public option doesn't cover all people. We also have video provided by Essential Dissent of a single-payer protest in Syracuse, and from Brave New Films, a look at industry "spokesjerks."
, and Nadia McCaffrey, Gold Star mother and founder of the Patrick McCaffrey Foundation.
U.S. soldiers aren't the only ones struggling to reconcile their lives before and after the military. Micha Kurz is cofounder of Breaking the Silence, an organization that collects stories from members of the service (which is compulsory in Israel for young men and women) who served in the occupied territories. Now with Grassroots Jerusalem, where he helps bring together grassroots social justice activists from across Israel, Kurz talks to Laura about his experiences during the second intifada, serving in the occupied territories, and what grassroots activists can do to bring peace to the Middle East.
The health care battle just keeps getting nastier--pro-choice progressives got thrown a curveball this weekend with the Stupak-Pitts Amendment, which would curtail the ability of women to obtain an abortion if they can't pay out of pocket. Laura has commentary, and Tammy Johnson of ColorLines asks what kind of public option doesn't cover all people. We also have video provided by Essential Dissent of a single-payer protest in Syracuse, and from Brave New Films, a look at industry "spokesjerks."