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Black Employees Say Veterans Affairs Has a Serious Racism Problem, and the Stories Are Pretty Damning

A survey of employees at Veterans Affairs has revealed that nearly 80 percent of them believe that racism is a serious and widespread problem within the government agency. The nationwide survey of 1,500 workers at the VA was conducted by the American Federation of Government Employees last month, reports the Washington Post. An example of…

By

Ishena Robinson

Published

August 9, 2020
Politics

The Man Who Dissed Mitch McConnell Says It Had Nothing to Do With Elijah Cummings. The Untold Backstory Is Even Worse

Senate Majority Leader and Zombie Voldemort, Mitch McConnell, went viral this weekend after a close friend of legendary Baltimore Congressman Elijah Cummings refused to shake the hand of He Who Should Not Be Named. Bobby Rankin, a longtime friend of the late Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), served as a pallbearer at Cummings’ memorial service on…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

October 28, 2019
Politics

Rep. Steve King Trots Out Diamond and Silk in Legislative Announcement

Rep. Steve King, the Iowa Republican deemed so racist by his own GOP that party leaders removed him from all the House committees on which he sat, has found a new cause: championing vets and homeless people in the name of two of Donald Trump’s most favorite “blacks,” Diamond and Silk. According to the Washington…

By

Dara Sharif

Published

June 10, 2019
Politics

Trump Continues to Steal Black Man’s Work; Takes Credit for Veterans' Healthcare Changes Started Under Obama

When President Donald Trump isn’t busy trying to erase former President Barack Obama’s legacy, he’s taking credit for Obama’s work. According to a fact check by the Associated Press, President Trump and his Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie took credit for veterans healthcare program improvements made under President Obama because Trump is the guy…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

May 28, 2019
News

Army Tweet Sets Off Wave of Stories of Life After Combat From Veterans

The United States Army wanted a feel-good moment. They got the truth instead. In a thread that included videos of Army Pfc. Nathan Spencer, a 1st Infantry Scout sharing how the army has positively impacted his life, the Army’s official Twitter account asked a simple question to veterans and Americans currently in service: How has…

By

Ibn Safir

Published

May 27, 2019
Culture, Health, Mental Health

Bilateral Stimulation While Black: How EMDR Transformed the Way I Processed My Childhood Trauma

I have tiny eyes. I’ve been playfully teased about them in a myriad of ways since I was a kid — from my big sister swearing I was dropped off by an Asian family (Whew, chillay, the problematic jokes of youth. And note, her nickname was “Chyna Doll” soooo … ) to people constantly asking…

By

Tonja Renée Stidhum

Published

May 26, 2019
97-Year-Old WWII Vet About to Be Evicted From His NYC Home. Merry Effing Christmas

A 97-year-old World War II veteran—one who was at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked by the Japanese—is being kicked out of his Brooklyn, N.Y., home, according to a report. The Rev. James Blakely says that he’s being evicted from his apartment in the New York City borough some five years after, he says, it…

By

Angela Helm

Published

December 26, 2017
Entertainment

Today in Obama: Soon as I Get Home

In which we look back at simpler times. While we’re waiting for the real Melania Trump to please stand up, let’s throw it back to Oct. 19, 2011. Here, President Barack Obama and forever-my-(first-)lady Michelle were at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Hampton, Va., sharing a moment. Ummmmfff. I’m blushing over my coffee over here. How…

By

Anne Branigin

Published

October 19, 2017
Del. Woman in Viral Video Ranting About Service Dog in a Restaurant Says Patrons Called Her Racial Slurs

There are always two sides to every story, and when a clip of a video goes viral, you always have to wonder what happened before the cameras started rolling. And in the case of a black woman caught on camera going ballistic over having to eat in a restaurant with a service dog, the woman…

By

Yesha Callahan

Published

September 22, 2017
News

Does Sage Steele Think All Lives Matter?

ESPN commentator Sage Steele has found herself in the middle of a Twitter fray since Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans took a knee to protest Donald Trump’s presidential victory. Steele posted this: And all hell broke loose. Steele was accused of being everything but a child of god. Many saw her stance as…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

November 18, 2016