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Dr. Valerija Raulinaitis was a trailblazing figure at VA. In October 1962, she made history by becoming the first female Chief of Staff at a VA hospital. Just nine years later, she again broke barriers by becoming the first woman to be named Director of a VA hospital. These appointments were represe...

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11/17/2025

History wasn't made because we asked nicely. Workers didn’t get weekends because bosses felt generous. Women didn’t get the right to vote because politicians had a change of heart. Every right we have was fought for.

11/16/2025

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10/25/2025

In case you missed it, a draft ICE surveillance plan shows the agency plans to hire nearly 30 contractors to monitor Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and more — analyzing posts, photos and messages to fuel raids and deportations.

This goes beyond immigration enforcement: It’s a threat to free expression, civil liberties, and the right to dissent. When public agencies partner with Big Tech to monitor our lives, journalism must not look away.

We call on media outlets to investigate these ties, highlight who is being targeted, and hold both tech firms and ICE accountable. Our rights are not collateral for enforcement — the press must defend them.

🖊️ Add your name to demand reporting that exposes surveillance power-plays, safeguards truth, and elevates the voices of those under watch.

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10/23/2025

How VA Cuts Damage Women Veterans

Kayla Williams is a 49-year-old Iraq combat veteran who’s received mental health therapy at a Veterans Affairs (VA) Vet Center. In 2023, when she discovered that her Vet Center therapist had resigned, she switched to a virtual therapy group for women veterans who have experienced military sexual trauma (MST).

Williams knows her way around veterans’ health care. During the Obama administration, she served as the director of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Center for Women Veterans. She’d always found a supportive atmosphere at the VA, but the therapist running her MST group also left the system. So, she decided to seek help from one of the many private-sector therapists who contract with the Veterans Community Care Program, a private sector network established after the enactment of the VA MISSION Act of 2018.

At her first appointment her new therapist asked a routine question: “So, what brings you here?”

Williams gave her usual answer, “Well, I’m dealing with this and that and MST.”

“What’s MST?” the therapist asked.

One out of three women veterans has experienced some form of sexual harassment or assault during military service. Every VA mental health provider is required to take basic MST training, and many specialize in this area.

“This immediately destroyed any trust I could have had in the provider,” Williams says. “You’re taking referrals from the VA to care for veterans, and you don’t even bother to have the minimum amount of clinical or cultural competency. You’re essentially asking your patient to train you.” She quickly decided that “I’ll just wait for a VA therapist who understands.”

In a new dispatch for The American Prospect, VHPI Senior Policy Analyst Suzanne Gordon delves into the VA’s efforts to address the specialized needs of female veterans, and how the systems of care and expertise the VA has created is virtually non-existent in the private sector.

10/16/2025

When workers rise, authoritarians fall. Join your local No Kings march this Sat, 10/18. The time to act is NOW > http://lil.ms/ouyu/afq8d1 Early wFFAU stop2quit

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power belongs to the people.