Month: August 2016

House Republicans Face Decision On Fighting Gay Veterans’ Spousal Benefits

House Republicans Face Decision On Fighting Gay Veterans’ Spousal Benefits

View this image › J. Scott Applewhite / AP WASHINGTON — The House Republican leadership faces a Thursday deadline to decide if it will continue to defend laws that limit veterans benefits to opposite-sex couples in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling striking down a similar provision in the...

This Is What Twentysomethings Actually Feel About Drug Use At EDM Shows

This Is What Twentysomethings Actually Feel About Drug Use At EDM Shows

After recent hospitalizations, we decided to ask. View this image › Chris Ritter / BuzzFeed Sabrina, 20, Tucson, Ariz. Why are there 14-year-olds rolling at Coachella? Electric Daisy Carnival is only 18 and older because three years ago a girl who was 15 died. [EDM shows] should be 18 and...

Houston welcomes home Iraqi war veterans

Houston welcomes home Iraqi war veterans

http://twitter.com/#!/JKrollie/status/188798691472195584 Some thanks from the city of Houston: Images from Houston's parade for Iraq war veterans http://t.co/ylBcrRGu #News #Events — Greg ♘ (@westernagent) April 8, 2012 Hart: To Iraq war veterans: Thank you: Hart: To Iraq war...

Antiwar Left Stays Quiet On Syria

Antiwar Left Stays Quiet On Syria

View this image › Code Pink co-founder Jodie Evans at an Iraq War veterans march in 2008 in Denver. Michael Francis McElroy/Zuma Press / MCT WASHINGTON — On the eve of American military intervention in Syria, the once-robust antiwar movement has stayed curiously silent. Activists who turned out...