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CNN and Jake Tapper Neglect to Disclose Connections to PR Firm Behind Nick Sandmannâs Statement, Signal Boost It Anyway
Desperate to escape its status as an also-ran among its news broadcast peers, CNN has decided to coddle the bigots among us. While this might seem like a typical day for CNN, this incident seems…different. Nick Sandmann, the wide-mouthed Covington Catholic high school student seen blocking native Vietnam veteran Nathan Phillips during a Washington D.C.…
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Trump's Wall Tantrum Has the FBI Strapped for Cash
Seemingly lost in the circus surrounding the partial government shutdown, now into the early days of its second month, has been its impact on national security. Trump, while holding out for his $5.7 billion border blinders, has halted the day-to-day operations of the agencies and individuals that protect American lives and interests beyond the proposed…
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Four Volunteers Convicted for Leaving Food and Water Near Border as Four More Await Trial
Four of the nine volunteers working with the aid group No More Deaths are set to stand trial over exhibiting common decency to migrants near the U.S.-Mexico border. After four workers were convicted of misdemeanor charges for leaving food and water for migrants crossing in 2017, four more are set to stand trial over similar…
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Committee-less Racist Congressman Steve King Tweets Fake MLK Quote
Racist Republican Congressman Steve King, no doubt perturbed by the national holiday honoring a black man whose charisma and acclaim eclipses his own even from beyond the grave. King, the also-ran congressman from Iowa who shares his last name with a black family of actual import, took time out of his busy day of zero…
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The Fierce Urgency and Intimacy of #MLKNow
Xerona Clayton, organizer for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and personal friend to Martin Luther King Jr., recalled the day she arrived at his Atlanta home to begin his journey to Memphis in 1968. Kingâs two sons, Martin and Dexter, long accustomed to their fatherâs hectic schedule which often led him miles from home, were…
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Millions of Families to Receive February SNAP Benefits Early, March Funding Remains Unclear
Millions of Americans relying on government assistance will see a major bump in their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits this month. Still, the extra money isnât exactly extra, and they may come at a significant cost. February SNAP monies have been added to accounts to ensure families receive much-needed benefits before the program…
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Racist Teeth Giuliani Baffles AM Joy Panel with Poor LawyeringÂ
If you fell into a deep coma in the weeks after the tragic events of September 11, you mightâve briefly left this plane thinking then-NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani was capable, honest and at the very least, a decent guy. If you did in fact fall into a deep coma in the weeks after 9/11, welcome…
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Leah Still, Daughter of Former Cincinnati Bengal Devon, Cancer-free 3 Years Later
In June of 2014, Devon Still, then a lineman for the Cincinnati Bengals, received word that his four-year-old daughter had neuroblastoma stage 4 cancer, a cancer often found in adrenal glands atop the kidneys that may also spread to the belly, chest, and bones. With his daughter given a 50-50 chance at survival by doctors,…
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Value Meal in Chief Feeds National Champion Clemson with Good Old American Fast Food
President sniffles has a knack for poor timing. Not only did he manage to time his manufactured government shutdown in the midst of one of the worst stretches the stock market has ever seen, his shutdown lasted into his visit with the newly minted national college football champions from Clemson University. When faced with the…
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Barbara Gardner Proctor, Trailblazing Ad Woman, Dies at 85
In 1963, Barbara Gardener Proctor was flying to Europe to swap records while working for a black-owned record company. Upon her arrival back home, Vee-Jay records started publicizing her find. Soon, âEnglandâs No.1 Vocal Group,â the Beatles, would be everywhere. Proctor, a trailblazing businesswoman and community activist, died on Dec. 19, according to her son…
