This week, Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy announced sweeping changes at Fort Hood army base. The announcement comes months after an intense public outcry over the lack of leadership at Fort Hood, which has seen numerous homicides over the last few years,...
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back to archiveA new push for justice and accountability at Fort Hood
Last week in Washington, a bipartisan group of Congressmembers unveiled the “I Am Vanessa Guillén Act.” The bill was filed to address the murder of Army Specialist Vanessa Guillén, who was stationed at Fort Hood, and it provides a new reporting procedure for sexual...
U.S. Senate candidate MJ Hegar blasts Trump on Maddow
In a Thursday appearance on the Rachel Maddow Show, Texas U.S. Senate candidate MJ Hegar did not mince words about Donald Trump following a bombshell by The Atlantic story that reported the president had called dead American veterans “losers” and “suckers.” Trump made...
Multiple investigations now underway, three months after Vanessa Guillen’s death,
Pictured: Democratic leadership at a rally for Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen in Killeen, Texas. From left to right: State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez, Democratic candidate for district 54 Likeithia Williams, State Rep. César Blanco and State Rep. Victoria Neave It has...
A Soldier Was Failed, And Texas Lawmakers Want Answers
Ever since Private First Class Vanessa Guillén disappeared on April 22, her family and friends have endured unending turmoil. On Sunday, remains found near Fort Hood were identified as Guillén’s, and now lawmakers around Texas and the country are calling for a full...
Republican lawmakers refuse, or stay silent on, renaming Fort Hood
Statues and monuments of Confederate leaders and soldiers are toppling down all over the state of Texas, but the renaming of Fort Hood is complicated by Republican lawmakers, perhaps wary of offending the president. The momentum of removing relics of the Confederacy...