Speaking with CNBC on July 10th, former NBA Hall of Famer and current analyst Charles Barkley spoke about the current racial issues and how sports (and some fans) are handling them. Barkley says that a lot of fans might not come back if the current handling of the situation continues. He believes the way things
On June 6th, personnel at the Redstone Arsenal Army post in Alabama, received a handout from officials that labeled certain slogans, celebrations and other topics as forms of “covert white supremacy.” Some of these slogans included “MAGA,” celebrating Christopher Columbus Day, “All Lives Matter” and others. The slogans were on two pages that were included
On Tuesday, July 7 President Trump announced to Congress that the United States has pulled out of the World Health Organization. The official withdrawal notice was sent to the United Nations secretary-general this week but the process will take up to a year. We won’t officially be out of WHO until 2021. Back in April
Lawyers threaten that more cases like this are coming to other States. This specific case was brought to the Supreme Court by a man named Jimcy McGirt who was convicted in 1997 of raping an underage child which occurred in 1996. Jimcy McGirt used a prior case of Sharp v. Murphy to his advantage where
The Contra Costa County District Attorney’s office is charging a couple with a hate crime after they painted over the Black Lives Matter “mural” that was painted on the road on the fourth of July. Nichole Anderson and David Nelson have been charged with three misdemeanors for the painting; the charges are vandalism Under $400,
A new dress code was posted to the windows of a bar in Pittsburgh named 941 Saloon. Their new dress code is being called “racist” and at least 200 protesters blocked Liberty Avenue, among others, in protest. Here is a list of points made in their new dress code: No tank tops, cutoffs or sleeveless
The Justice Department has announced that they are dropping charges against former Trump security advisor, Michael Flynn. The DOJ concluded that Flynn’s interview by the FBI was “untethered to, and unjustified by, the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation into Mr. Flynn” and that the interview on Jan. 24, 2017, was “conducted without any legitimate investigative basis.” Flynn
Bubba Wallace, a NASCAR driver who recently alerted the world to a noose in his garage, has now been found to NOT be a victim of a hate crime. The FBI released it’s report which you can read here. No federal hate crime was found to have been committed. You’ll find that this supposed “noose”
Brett Favre was once one of the premier quarterbacks in the NFL. He won one Super Bowl with the Green Bay packers and won three consecutive AP MVP awards. However, it should be noted that he also leads the all-time list in interceptions. This is important to note because it could be said that decision
A Change.org petition was started to require all University of Pittsburgh students to take a black studies course. The petition currently has over 6750 signatures of the needed 7500. This is direct from the petition page: “During my time as a Pitt student, I’ve always felt as though all my non-black classmates would benefit from
Updated: June 22, 2020 at 12:10AM Updated to include new numbers of 68 shot and 11 dead. Original: June 21, 2020 at 4:17PM Of those 60 (so far), 9 have died. Those shot include ages ranging from 3 years old to 64 years old. Black on black violence in Chicago sees no age for another