Deetricha Younger

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Colin Powell once said that the US military forged after desegregation in 1948 became the largest & most significant merit-based organization in the US, because modern armed forces cannot rely on institutionalized misogyny & racial segregation. Hegseth has undermined all that.

Paul Robeson was born on this day in 1898. A pioneering black singer and actor, he was also a lifelong radical – and committed his life to the struggle against oppression and exploitation across the globe. tribunemag.co.uk/2021/04/the-ra…

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote a lone dissent, and she took the extraordinary step of reading her dissent from the bench, a gesture reserved for rare, vehement disagreement with the majority. trib.al/OLpEKr9

Pete Hegseth fired the Army chief of chaplains in the middle of an active war. Maj. Gen. William Green enlisted out of high school as an artillery crewman. Left the Army, went to divinity school, came back as a chaplain because the calling brought him back to soldiers, not away from them. Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling served alongside him at Fort Lewis and with the 1st Armored Division in Germany. He describes Green as never confined to a chapel - always in the motor pools, the barracks, sitting with young soldiers who didn't have words for what they were dealing with. Green didn't ask soldiers what they believed before he cared for them. That's not incidental. That's the constitutional framework. The Army Chaplain Corps exists within the First Amendment's dual mandate: provide for religious needs while ensuring every soldier, regardless of belief, feels supported. The corps has Jewish chaplains, Muslim chaplains, Buddhist chaplains, Sikh chaplains. The oath every soldier takes is to the Constitution, not to a religion. Hegseth has said American soldiers are fighting for Jesus. That's not a personal reflection when it comes from the Secretary of Defense's office. It carries institutional weight. It reshapes culture. It redefines the purpose of military service in ways the First Amendment doesn't permit. Green was fired alongside Army Chief of Staff Randy George and the commander of Army Training Command Dave Hodne. This happened while the United States is six weeks into an active war with Iran, with 13 service members dead and the death toll rising. Hertling was standing above the Gettysburg battlefield when his phone buzzed with the news. He had been teaching MBA students about moral high ground. He writes that Green's firing says less about Green than about where the institution is heading. He's right. And the direction is documented.

Dawn Staley has transformed South Carolina into a dominant women's basketball program. And for all the success she’s had with the Gamecocks, she’s paid incredibly well for it. 🔗: tinyurl.com/mryxb68z 📷: Alex Martin/Greenville News/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

“My law firm only has 60 lawyers, but it’s currently litigating 89 voting and election cases — a number that motivates me to continue fighting Trump’s attacks on democracy,” Marc Elias writes. “He wants us to think we can’t stop him. But we can and we must. Because we’ll lose if we stop.” democracydocket.com/opinion/i-have…

Black Church In Virginia Pays Off $1M Debt Of Public Housing Residents blavity.com/virginia-churc…

We can have safe and secure elections in 2026 — if we work for it. The good news is the plan to defend the vote is already in action. Here are the highlights: bit.ly/41OHwrA

Pete Hegseth has cut ALL educational funds for active-duty service members at Harvard and Princeton (despite him attending these schools) in favor of Christian-affiliated colleges. Our service members deserve the support they need to finish their studies, regardless of which school they attend or their religious beliefs. I’m again calling for Hegseth’s resignation on the grounds of limiting academic freedom and disregarding the separation of Church and State.

Basketball Legend Sheryl Swoopes Makes Yearly Mammograms A Part Of Her Game Plan essence.com/lifestyle/heal…

The sharply conservative Supreme Court that Trump's three appointees remade is the first since at least the 1950s to reject civil rights claims in a majority of cases involving women and minorities, according to a detailed analysis conducted for The Washington Post. washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/…

Buck O’Neil: “We were trying to prove to the world that they weren’t superior because they were white. And we weren’t inferior because we were black”

The son of a freed slave PAUL ROBESON — born 128yrs ago today — was the first Black superstar. Singer, Actor, Lawyer, Social Activist, Athlete. SHOWBOAT (1936)

Congressional tour of Alligator Alcatraz today reports 32 people being held per cage (these are literal cages within tents) with three toilets and no privacy.

Targeting Black Virginians with painful imagery of the KKK and the Jim Crow Era is disgusting, abhorrent, and should have no place in our politics. It is unacceptable and must be condemned unilaterally. Jen Kiggans’ silence makes her complicit.

Closing U.S. Forest Service research stations in California right now isn't just reckless — it's dangerous. With historically low snowpack and peak fire season arriving early, we need MORE federal resources, not less. I will fight to keep these stations open and kill this plan!

A recently developed Defense Department program was meant to reduce civilian harm during military operations. But months before the Iran war, the mission was dissolved as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made “lethality” a top priority. propublica.org/article/trump-…

The WNBA and NBA Board of Governors have formally approved WNBA expansion teams in Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia. Cleveland will begin play in 2028, Detroit in 2029 and Philadelphia in 2030.

BREAKING CBS: Survivors of the deadliest Iranian attack on U.S. forces since the war began have disputed the Pentagon's description of events and said their unit in Kuwait was left dangerously exposed when six service members were killed and more than 20 wounded. The members disputed the description of events from Pete Hegseth. cbsnews.com/news/iran-war-…