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The ‘Gay Agenda,’ Explained
No problem. I love our little talks. What would you like to know? Yes, I am. I have no idea. I know, I know. I have been accused so often of being a part of the mysterious gay agenda that I have accepted my role—even though I have yet to receive a copy of this…
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Racist, Corrupt, Senate-Running Convict Joe Arpaio Still Holding On to Birther Claim
The man whose policies resulted in constitutional violations, discrimination and even death sidestepped these charges on national TV by doubling down on the Barack Obama Birther conspiracy, claiming that he has “evidence.” Despite the fact that—given ample opportunity to show his supposed proof—he never does, the racist, xenophobic criminal Joe Arpaio continues to stick by…
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Idiot Teacher Asked 4th-Graders to ‘Give 3 Good Reasons for Slavery’
I think it was the esteemed Founding Father Benjamin Franklin who once wrote, “Nothing in this world can be said to be certain except death, taxes and white people white-peopleing.” I may have added the last part, but it is definitely true. What else could explain a teacher asking a fourth-grade class to give three…
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Meet the White Nationalist Running for Congress in Pennsylvania
Apparently unaware of Steve King, Stephen Scalise, Steve Bannon and other Republican Party Steves who are racist as shit, a candidate for the House of Representatives has threatened to bow out of an upcoming Republican forum if a white supremacist running for the same congressional seat is allowed to attend. Andrew Lewis, a candidate for…
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North Charleston, SC, Appoints 1st Black Police Chief Almost 3 Years After Murder of Walter Scott
After 52 years as a resident, 29 years as a police officer and five years as assistant chief—and nearly three years since the killing of unarmed citizen Walter Scott—Reggie Burgess will be sworn in Thursday as North Charleston, S.C.’s first black police chief. The Post and Courier reports that Burgess will replace Eddie Driggers as…
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NYPD Matches DNA in 1994 Rape Case After Calling Victim a Liar for 2 Decades
On April 26, 1994, a woman told the New York City Police Department that she had been dragged into the bushes and raped in Prospect Park in the city’s Brooklyn borough. She insisted it was true after the New York Daily News’ Mike McAlary wrote a story entitled “Rape Hoax, the Real Crime,” alleging that…
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LAPD Releases Video of Cops Shooting Unarmed Homeless Man After Keeping It Secret for Years
On Sunday, March 15, 2015, officers from the Los Angeles Police Department pulled a homeless man from his tent in a section of Los Angeles known as Skid Row. What happened next is still up for debate. The LAPD says that the man resisted, fought with the cops and eventually tried to grab an officer’s…
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Georgia Was Going to Execute Keith Tharpe Until the Supreme Court Basically Said, ‘Hold Up; This Is Too Racist’
Keith Tharpe should have been dead. He was scheduled to die by lethal injection on Sept. 26, 2017. The state of Georgia had already made up its mind to execute Tharpe despite the fact that his attorneys say that his IQ is below the legal threshold for a person to understand the charges or their…
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A Firsthand Account of the Legal Hearing, Support Rally, Church Service—and Attack—of Umar Johnson
Two things can be true at the same time. It is possible to believe that Oprah Winfrey might be the transformational black woman of our generation while simultaneously believing that she is not qualified to be president. One can believe that Kanye West is an attention whore who exists somewhere on the fuckboy spectrum and…
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Jeff Sessions’ Justice Department Closes Case of 68-Year-Old Veteran Tased, Beaten, Shot and Killed by Cops
Federal prosecutors have decided not to file criminal civil rights charges against a white police officer who killed an unarmed African American after the mentally ill man was taunted with racial slurs, tased and shot with a beanbag gun in an incident that began when the victim accidentally set off his medical-alert device. Kenneth Chamberlain…
