Members of the Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Development gave their unanimous seal of approval Thursday to a five-year extension of a program to help injured and disabled veterans retrofit their homes. U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley, author of the bill, said much of the credit goes to a Dubuque veteran More…
People with recently-acquired disabilities have been swimming through an endless sea of red tape to get the U.S. Department of Education to forgive their student loans. And in a joint investigation, ProPublica and the Center for Public Integrity uncovered evidence that the department has been repeatedly rejecting applications for More…
Two articles this week take a good look at the Social Security disability insurance program, which has swelled along with the recession — implying that jobless workers, not just the disabled, are taking part.
Andrew Sullivan posts a must-read excerpt from a reader who considered — but ultimately didn’t have — a late-term abortion provided by Dr. George Tiller, who was murdered last week because he provided that critical medical service.
Here’s how the pregnant reader learned that her fetus had a likely More…
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