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Texas congresswoman Jasmine Crockett  says taxpayer dollars should not become a “slush fund” for political allies as new legislation targets settlements linked to alleged government “weaponization.” Source: Bill Clark / Getty According to a press release from Congresswoman Crockett’s office, the Texas Democrat is taking aim at what she says could become a taxpayer funded pipeline for political settlements and payouts benefiting President Donald Trump, his allies and individuals connected […]

Source: UCG / Getty As we near the third month of a war with Iran that President Donald Trump said would only last for a few weeks, the economic consequences continue for the American public. For the first time in four years, gas prices in all 50 states have topped $4 per gallon.  According to data from AAA, the national average price for a gallon of gas is $4.56. California […]

Source: Shiloh Hendrix / GiveSendGo/Screenshot Remember Shiloh Hendrix, the angry white supremacist who hurled repeated racial slurs at a five-year-old Black child at a park in Rochester, Minn., and then proved the nation is chock full of fellow angry white supremacists when she raised ungodly amounts of money through a GiveSendGo fundraiser? Well, Hendrix is facing two counts of disorderly conduct for the incident, and this week, a judge quashed […]

✕ Despite Black people being overrepresented in military service, Black vets have historically been undervalued compared to their white peers. For Memorial Day, Kyle Bibby, co-founder of the Black Veterans Project, spoke with NewsOne about the history of Black veterans and the struggles they still face today. “I think for the Black American experience, specifically, we have seen military service sometimes as a way to demonstrate the investment that we’re […]