Veterans are building underground communities around illegal psychedelics to help deal with PTSD brought on from military service.
Anne Marshall-Chalmers
Anne Marshall-Chalmers was an investigative journalist at The War Horse where she covered the health of veterans, active-duty servicemembers, and military families. Her work has appeared in Mother Jones, Inside Climate News, Civil Eats, USA Today, NPR, and the Los Angeles Times.
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The Battle Over Veterans’ Health Care: How the Republican Majority Hopes to Reshape VA
GOP wants to let more veterans choose their doctors. Democrats say it’s too costly and will disrupt quality of VA care.
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‘Long-Overdue Justice’: Settlement Paves Way for Upgrades, Benefits for Thousands of LGBTQ Veterans
About 30,000 LGBTQ veterans could potentially benefit from a settlement in a class-action lawsuit reached Friday between the Defense Department and attorneys representing veterans discharged for their sexual orientation.
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Inside the Military’s LGBTQ Witch Hunts
Two veterans reflect on the lasting harms of the military’s LGBTQ witch hunts as questions about who is fit to serve swirl with Trump’s return.
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Shooting the War: A Marine Combat Photographer Remembers Fallujah
Combat photographer shares memories from his role chronicling Marines from Alpha Company 20 years after Operation Phantom Fury.
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Twenty Years of Fallujah
The city of Fallujah became a hotbed for insurgent fighters and the scene of the bloodiest battle for U.S. troops during the Iraq War. Here is a look back at the major turning points over the last 20 years.
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Pentagon Upgrades Discharges of Hundreds of LGBTQ Veterans
The Move Benefits Veterans Thrown Out of the Military during ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ but Leaves Untold Number of Vets from 1980s and Earlier Without Relief
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Months After Biden’s Promise to Pardon Thousands of LGBTQ Veterans, Only 8 Have Applied
President Joe Biden said a historic pardon could help thousands of LGBTQ veterans convicted for consensual sex. Some worry the policy burdens veterans.
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VA Returns Mistakenly Buried ‘Unclaimed Veteran’ Back to His Family in Colorado
This was Alvin Pugh’s second burial. His two sisters and three brothers didn’t attend his first one. They didn’t even know about it.
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‘Another Kick in the Gut:’ Biden’s Pardons Still Fall Short for Many LGBTQ Veterans
Thousands of LGBTQ veterans sought relief from bad paper discharges, but not all qualify for Biden’s pardons. The White House and DoD won’t say how many.
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‘Righting an Historic Wrong’: President Biden to Pardon LGBTQ Veterans Convicted of Crimes Over Sexual Orientation
In a historic move to address a legacy of discrimination in the U.S. military, President Joe Biden on Wednesday will announce a plan to pardon thousands of LGBTQ veterans who were criminally charged and forced from the service because of their sexual orientation.
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The Army Made Her Plead Guilty or Face Prison for Being Gay. She’s Still Paying the Price.
VA will begin considering appeals from veterans with “bad paper” discharges. But thousands of veterans ousted over sexual orientation could be left out.
