The fight up the cliffs of Pointe du Hoc and the battle across Omaha Beach were spearheaded by a relatively new type of unit: Army Rangers.
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Soldiers reunite with their pets from overseas
Paws of War helps soldiers bring home the pets they rescued during deployment. The group is poised for one of its largest rescues in Kosovo.
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What is moral injury in veterans?
The inability to reconcile wartime actions with a personal moral code can create lasting psychological consequences for veterans.
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More military veterans and active duty service members are dying by suicide than in battle
Suicide among military service members in the U.S. is a growing problem. A lack of a sense of belonging and feeling like a burden are key risk factors.
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Hal Phillips: RiverWatch: Scholastic no-drinking pledges are ethically sticky, even when fairly applied
My kids are out in the world but the graduation parties keep coming. I attended my first of the 2024 season on Mother’s Day — over to Jean Street in Lewiston (well done, Maddy!) — and it surely won’t be the last such engagement this spring. And yet, without kids in a school system, one […]
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Figures like Andrew Tate may help spread misogyny. But they’re amplifying — not causing — the problem
Sometimes it’s easy to point to figures like Andrew Tate and assume they are the problem. But they are more likely a symptom of it.
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Why women would prefer to be alone in the woods with a bear than a man
Women are overwhelmingly the victims of sexualized violence, and men are commonly the perpetrators.
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Paul Mills: Maine again takes the spotlight in the Electoral College odyssey
Two recent Maine based developments have once again put the state on the national stage of how the country elects its president. The first came last month when the Legislature voted to join 16 states and the District of Columbia in the National Popular Vote Compact, an agreement by which the participating jurisdictions are pledged […]
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Millennials are tired of trying to be perfect moms
This pressure to be perfect is acute for millennial moms who arrived at parenthood in the age of social media. They are over it.
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Church without God: How secular congregations fill a need for some nonreligious Americans
A sociologist of religion explains how atheist churches are helping people find meaning and community — serving many of the same purposes as religious churches.