As of this year, there are 19 million military veterans in the United States, spanning history from World War II to the 21st-century missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. But for many of those brave men and women, coming home didn’t mean finding their way back into the workforce, which is highlighted by the fact that the veteran unemployment rate rose last year to 6.5%.

The primary election has become the primary problem in this country. What does it say about a country where the very women and men who don our nation’s uniforms and fight for our nation’s interests are among those whose participation in our political process is so structurally limited?