News and Views
February 15, 2019
ICYMI: On Friday, Vets for American Ideals issued a statement in response to President Trump's declaration of a national emergency, which enables the Adminstration to use military funds to build a wall at the southern border. "There is no national...
February 15, 2019
Washington, D.C.—In response to President Trump's declaration of a national emergency that will use military funds to build a wall at the southern border, Veterans for American Ideals' Scott Cooper issued the following statement:
There is no...
February 15, 2019
Vets for American Ideals' Leader Spotlight series highlights our diverse and dynamic veteran leaders. Today, we hear from Sharon Robino-West of Omaha, Nebraska.
Tell me about your military service.
I spent four years in the United States Marine...
February 14, 2019
By Jules Staelgraeve
This fall, I had the opportunity to hear retired Navy Admiral Michelle Howard speak at the second annual Capital Battalion Leadership Conference hosted by my Navy ROTC unit. Howard spoke about her views on cybersecurity and...
February 9, 2019
Another group of Central American asylum seekers reached the Texas-Mexico border on February 5. This caravan opted for the town of Piedras Negras, due to the oversaturation of asylum-seekers in Tijuana, the prominent border town in the American...
February 1, 2019
The U.N. Refugee Agency has started a campaign in solidarity with refugees around the world. Its goal is to have supporters track the miles they walk, run, or bike worldwide with the goal of accumulating two billion kilometers. The UNHCR hopes to...
January 28, 2019
By Chris Purdy
On a bleak and windy day, in the ranch lands of Texas, 30 veterans, refugees, and representatives of local businesses came together to lend a helping hand to a beleaguered Cambodian community in Rosharon, Texas. The area was hit...
January 28, 2019
by Scott Cooper
The commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King’s Birthday is a national day of service. It is intended to be a Day ON, not a day off. And so, last weekend, thousands of Americans went out into their communities to volunteer, including...
January 28, 2019
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. often spoke of the end goal of his activism as the “beloved community,” a love and understanding among all people that “will transform the deep gloom of the old age into the exuberant gladness of the new age.”
It was in...
January 24, 2019
As the Taliban resurges in Afghanistan and uncertainty builds about a potential troop withdrawal, there is a new sense of urgency to provide safe haven for Afghans who helped U.S. forces. “Every day of this slowdown in processing exposes more and...