america
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Rhode Island Gives Voters a Chance to Remove ‘Plantation’ From Its Official Name
Say what you will about 2020, but this has been the year that America is confronted with all the racism—blatant and subtle—that it celebrates through monuments, flags, product brands and the very names given to schools, streets and even entire states. It’s gotten to a point where the state of Rhode Island is moving toward…
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Teflon Don and Nem: How All Trump’s Allies Are Missing Jail Time
First, Paul Manafort was released from jail because his precious white lungs couldn’t stand to be around all that jailhouse stank and COVID-19. On Wednesday, a federal prosecutor and another Justice Department official will testify that Attorney General William Barr, aka Bad John Goodman, pressured them to give a lighter sentence for Trump ally Roger…
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The Stolen Life of Mecenia Dials
Macie’s dead. She was not killed by a police officer while running away. She was not killed by black-on-black crime. She did not die in a school shooting. She was not powerless—she was strong — but not strong enough to stop America from opening its ferocious mouth and sucking her into its unyielding belly, swallowing…
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Obama Owns a Penthouse Loft in Trump’s Head as President Spends Mother’s Day Tweeting About Barack
Can you imagine being so amazing that years after you’ve left a job that you were completely over, your successor continues to bring up your name and does so even on Mother’s Day?! On Sunday, the president of people who buy large trampolines to place outside of their doublewides, spent part of his Sunday coming…
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Sen. Bernie Sanders Finally Makes It Official and Ends His Floundering Fish on Sand Run for President
Guess what, America? You aren’t going to have Sen. Bernie Sanders to kick around anymore because the independent Vermont senator has officially ended his presidential campaign, only four months after he should have. Sanders announced Wednesday that it’s over. He’s packing up his briefcase and moving back to one of his three houses to retire…
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Wait, Who Wants to Hurt Dr. Fauci? America’s Only Hope for Coronavirus Honesty Forced to Beef Up Security
Dr. Anthony Fauci, stealer of Trump’s press conferences and corrector of Trump’s lies, “the country’s top medical expert on the coronavirus pandemic and a member of President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force,” has been forced to beef up security after receiving threats to his personal safety. According to CNN, America’s top pandemic doc has to…
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Trump Itchy to Reopen America Because His Businesses Are Suffering
Since taking office, Trump has judged his success as president on the stock market. Before the coronavirus, Trump often pointed to Obama’s accomplishments in improving the economy as his own. He took credit for it all. Then coronavirus hit and the stock market got sick and all of the numbers Trump loves to point to…
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44 African-American Graves Found Under Florida School District Parking Lot
America has a long history of racial oppression and, apparently, just as long a history of sweeping racism under the rug—or, in this case, the parking lot. According to the Tampa Bay Times, Cardno, a private archaeology firm hired by the city of Clearwater and the Pinellas County School Board, has discovered what appears to…
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The 'First Black' Fact I Look Forward to Hearing About During Black History Month
Hiram R. Revels became the first African-American senator in America in 1870. Also that year, Jonathan Wright, in South Carolina, became the first African American to serve on a state’s Supreme Court. In 1950, Earl Lloyd became the first African American to play in a regular-season NBA game. Franklin D. Raines is the first African-American…