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Stories by Former Mother Jones Staffers
Why Buffalo Is Bouncing Back Faster Than Atlanta
—Suzy Khimm / The Washington Post
Injury Added to Insult as Democrats Lose New York Seat
—Ana Marie Cox / The Guardian
As one of the many veterans attending a private university paid for by the Post 9/11 GI bill, it sent a shock through my spine to read the anti-veteran vitriol packed into some of the comments here. The school I attend is not one of the vulture colleges, like Phoenix University or whatever, but a highly ranked research institution in Upstate NY. I am a veteran, this is true, but this does not make me a "conservative, pro-war, pro US imperialist." If I were, I wouldn't have stumbled across this article.
—Adam Pelletier