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A video of the black cat went viral for the “sneakiest” hiding spot during a visit to the vet. Dr. Sarah Cortright was so amazed by her trick that she documented the moment before sharing it ...
documentary and an SNL50 celebration weekend that saw the Roots literally centerstage, the Oscar winner and MC frontman Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter are strengthening the bench at their Two ...
Despite wearing our nation’s uniform, my allegiance has never been to its flag but to its people — namely, Black people. This tension has permanently colored my perspective on patriotism.
“It looked at the last 20 years of racial disparities and disability allocation, which ties to a historical thread of the ways in which Black vets have been locked out of their benefits ...
More Blacks than ever in my neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago are done with Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party. For years, they’ve been told how to vote like mindless sheep and for ...
The New York Police Police Department is under fire following the arrest of a Black army vet for carrying a firearm. The veteran says he’s licensed to carry. Now, he demands to know what was ...
Veterans Administration disability payments could grow by 17% overall for Black veterans — with increases from nearly $2,000 to $10,000 annually for many vets — and could decrease by 1.15% for ...
UMES' vet school will "change the landscape," Kairo said, and fill multiple needs in a profession where Black people make up only 3% of the workforce. "We are hoping that our new school will open ...
Fewer black veterans receive disability compensation for mental health conditions than white vets (13% vs. 22%). Black vets also have a 6% lower grant rate for those injuries than their white peers.
The bricks will be inscribed with racial justice messages, including "Black Vets Matter!" They will also bear the names of Black military trailblazers, such as the Tuskegee Airmen. The statue, for now ...
The worst abuses, of course, were in the South, where 79 percent of all Black veterans lived; in some Southern states, a group representing Black veterans said in 1947, postmasters wouldn’t even ...
Some of the buildings here date back a century, to a time when Black soldiers returning from World War I, found healthcare hard to come by in the U.S. "I kind of think of this as where health ...