On Veterans Day, we honor the brave individuals who have served our country. We’re revisiting the story of Staff Sgt. Rodney Ridgeway, who returned from his third deployment to Iraq with severe PTSD, traumatic brain injury, and other invisible wounds. His mother, Ida Carson, became his caregiver and strongest advocate. As an Elizabeth Dole Foundation fellow, she now works tirelessly to ensure veterans, their families, and friends have access to the resources and support they need. | AARP

Iraqis cast their ballots in parliamentary elections to choose a new 329-member legislature. Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani seeks a second term in an exercise that a growing young electorate increasingly views as a vehicle for established parties to divide up the Middle East nation's oil wealth. Elections in Iraq are increasingly marked by low turnout. Many voters have lost faith in a system which has failed to break a pattern of state capture by powerful parties with armed loyalists, wh