Ordinary Americans in New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania were confronted with extraordinary choices on September 11, 2001. Many chose to turn toward danger, stay beside the vulnerable, and fight for strangers they had never met.
There are moments in history when the word hero becomes inadequate. September 11, 2001, was one of them.
Read Full StoryThirty-nine days after September 11th, small teams of American Special Forces soldiers crossed the Hindu Kush into Afghanistan. Their mission combined horses, satellites, B-52 bombers, Afghan militias, and a form of unconventional warfare the United States had spent decades preparing to fight.
Read ArticleMeta’s multibillion-dollar settlement could fundamentally change Instagram and Facebook for America’s children—and may help establish a new standard for how social-media platforms treat minors.
Read ArticleHearing damage is one of the most common legacies of military service. Increasingly, researchers are finding that its consequences may extend far beyond the ears.
Read ArticleFrom military resorts and discount programs to Space-A flights and veteran adventure organizations, service can open the door to travel opportunities that help military members, retirees, veterans, and disabled veterans see more of the world for less.
Read ArticleHow America's veterans have helped build the nation's economy since World War II—and how today's veterans can turn military experience into successful businesses of their own.
Read ArticleHomeownership helped build the postwar American middle class. Eight decades later, a collision of underbuilding, pandemic-era migration, higher rates, regulation, construction costs, taxes, insurance, demographics, and limited starter-home supply has made getting onto the property ladder dramatically harder.
Read ArticleUnderstanding traumatic brain injury, how military service can cause it, how clinicians diagnose and treat it, where emerging research may lead, and what veterans should know before filing a VA disability claim.
Read ArticleFrom Hemingway and Vonnegut to Johnny Cash and Jimi Hendrix, combat artists and today’s veteran creators, military service has repeatedly transformed the way America reads, listens and remembers.
Read ArticleUnderstanding the world’s governments and economic systems: how they function, how they have been implemented, where they have succeeded or failed, how they affect ordinary citizens, and why modern nations rarely fit neatly into a single ideological box.
Read ArticleAutomated license plate readers have helped police locate abducted children, recover stolen vehicles, and solve violent crimes. They have also created a privately operated, searchable record of movement on a scale the Founders could never have imagined.
Read ArticleSurfing, bodyboarding, bodysurfing, and time in the ocean are helping veterans reconnect with their bodies, rebuild trust, manage stress, and find a new community—one wave at a time.
Read ArticleFrom battlefield recovery to the silent movement of a flag-draped transfer case, America’s promise to its fallen is carried out through precision, reverence, and an unbroken commitment to bring every service member home.
Read ArticleFrom colonial militias and committees of correspondence to volunteer fire companies, mutual-aid societies, veterans’ groups, and neighborhood coalitions, America has always depended on ordinary citizens organizing close to home.
Read ArticleColorectal cancer often begins silently, but screening can find the disease early—or remove precancerous growths before cancer ever develops. Here is what every veteran and family should understand about symptoms, home tests, colonoscopies, polyps, toxic exposures, and prevention.
Read ArticleA morale section for humor, satire, and comic strips.
