The government plans to execute a former Black soldier. It would be the first military execution since 1961.
Plus, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake slams Maryland's State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby in the "New York Times" and the federal government settles $493M in lawsuits with 17 Native American tribes.
Many U.S. soldiers survived the battlefields in Afghanistan and Iraq, only to face internal battles with post-traumatic stress disorder and thoughts of suicide once they return home. According to statistics, 22 veterans take their lives each day, totaling over 8,000 individuals a year. Award-winning journalist Soledad O’Brien follows a few of these soldiers as they grapple […]
Here’s a key event that happened on this day brought to you by Black Facts 1991 – First African American woman to die in combat in the Persian Gulf War Adrienne Mitchell, first African American woman to die in combat in the Persian Gulf War is killed in her military barracks in Dharan, Saudi […]
Why did a military wife in California confront a 19 year old Starbucks employee at the drive thru and accuse the employee of making a copy of her credit card and spending $200 For more on the Funk Dats, click on each link below Passenger Plane Door Left Open During Flight Florida Man Vandalizes Mosque […]
After a long battle to include protective hairstyles for women of color in their uniform policy, the Marine Corps Uniform Board 215 decided to make the traditional hairstyles permissible options, as long as the styles are "professional and neat in appearance."
Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Thursday ordered the military to open all combat jobs to women.
Sgt. Michael Walker was arrested by FBI agents Wednesday after a federal grand jury indicted him for murder in the Nov. 14, 2014 stabbing death of his wife, Catherine Walker.
Why did a man from…. South Carolina…. (you thought we were gonna say Florida) why did he call 911 because he girlfriend wouldn’t give him any lovin…. When officers arrived… the man said he had been drinking all day and was looking forward to getting some of that cookie…. she said no because her grandchild […]
For the first time, the U.S. government is confirming that it conducted secret chemical experiments on World War II troops by grouping them according to…
A major move to broaden birth control options for women in the military is taking shape in both houses of Congress as they move forward…
When Sgt. James Brown self-reported to jail to serve a two-day DWI sentence in July 2012, his family didn’t think he would come back on…
