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House Republicans to Troops: Pay for Your Own Damn GI Bill
Just like when Republicans talk about “family values” and then you find out they’ve been having secret sex meet-ups in airport bathrooms or abusing teenage boys, when conservatives say they “support the troops,” they usually mean they’re sending them overseas to fight for oil profits, but now it also means they’re taxing them for their…
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Franchesca Ramsey Becomes Comedy Central’s 1st Black Female Host
Franchesca Ramsey, the comedian, writer, actress and host of MTV’s vlog Decoded, made history Tuesday when Comedy Central announced that she will become the first black woman to host a pilot on the network. The former correspondent on Comedy Central’s The Nightly Show will executive-produce and host a show featuring diverse comedic voices, brutal comedy…
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The Racist, Homophobic History of an Ala. Church Gunning for Its Own Police Force
While advocates of civil liberties decry a powerful Alabama politician’s effort to push through a bill that would give a lily-white suburban church its own police force, many are unaware of the church’s long history of troubling race relations. The Alabama Legislature is now considering Senate Bill 193. If passed, the law would give Briarwood…
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Auburn University Bars White Nationalist Richard Spencer but He Vows to Speak Anyway
The putrid demon-seed spawn of Satan and Hitler that the rest of the word calls Richard Spencer has vowed to speak at Auburn University, even though the Alabama university canceled his speaking engagement, scheduled for Tuesday evening. Can you tell I don’t like this guy? For the sake of openness, I must admit that I…
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The Top 5 Moments From the White House Easter Egg Roll Dumpster Fire
With a face as bright as the orange sky of an Easter sunrise service, Donald Trump and the rest of the new-millennium Munsters currently occupying 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue hosted their first White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday on the South Lawn of what they now refer to as “Mar-a-Lago North.” The 139-year-old celebration of…
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Why the Hell Are Atlanta’s Freeways Exploding?
If you are ever in need of a good, cathartic cry, there are three things that always work: Watching the last scene of Imitation of Life Staring at the close-up of Donald Trump’s hair Driving in Atlanta during rush hour When Inrix listed the cities around the globe with the worst traffic congestion, the traffic-data…
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African-American Film Critics Association to Honor Prince’s Film Legacy Across the Country
As the first anniversary of the death of Prince Rogers Nelson nears, we must remember that Prince’s legacy in the arts extends beyond music. Aside from his legendary status as a Hall of Fame musician, he starred in four films, three of which he directed. The African-American Film Critics Association, in association with libraries and…
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Woman Who Brought Bill Clinton’s Accusers to Presidential Debate Is Now in Charge of Civil Rights
While Donald Trump was chilling at Mar-a-Lago eating chocolate cake out of that nasty-ass kitchen and listening to the Gap Band’s “You Dropped a Bomb on Me” on an endless loop, Betsy DeVos put an anti-affirmative-action, feminist-hating troll who once claimed to be a victim of reverse racism in charge of civil rights in your…
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Aaron Hernandez Acquitted of Double Murder
Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez has been found not guilty of a 2012 drive-by shooting that left two men dead. The jury on Friday also acquitted the Pro Bowl NFL tight end of witness intimidation, but found him guilty and sentenced him to four years for carrying an unlawful weapon, according to the…
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Black Twitter Drags Forever 21 for Selling Bootleg Kanye Gear
No one knows what the designers at Forever 21 were thinking when they tried to slip clothes that were obviously “inspired” by (pronounced “sto-lenn frumm”) Kanye West onto their website, but they should have known that the folks on black Twitter don’t sleep. When the fashion retailer updated its collection with what looked like swap…
