← July 30, 2014 → 1 The bipartisan deal on VA reform is a good first step, but more must be done to fix this badly broken system. by Jesse Sloman at the Council on Foreign Relations 2 Notes from an intervention: What went wrong in Libya. by Nathan Pippinger in Democracy 3 An independent Kurdistan could reshape the middle east – if we let it. by Jonathan Foreman in Newsweek 4 Amtrak doesn’t need a writer’s residency; it needs to deliver affordable on-time transportation. by Christopher Kempf in Jacobin 5 “Our nation’s baby steps towards political, social and economic inclusion could be stalling.” by Maya Rockeymoore in Huffington Post
