Holy Crap, Is Dole Whip Coming to Grocery Stores?
Photo: DiegoFB (Shutterstock) Disneyland might have opened its doors in 1955, but one could argue that it wasn’t worth visiting until nearly 30 years later, in 1984, when Dole—official sponsor…
A man, a medal and what it takes to lead
A young Paris Davis met a handful of soldiers while attending college in the deep South in the late 1950s. Davis is Black, the soldiers were white. Those soldiers had…
Ex-soldier, a neo-Nazi, gets 45 years for plot to ambush his own unit
A former Army private who pleaded guilty last year to plotting to murder members of his own unit with help from satanic neo-Nazis was sentenced today to 45 years in…
America Is a Prison Disguised as Paradise
John & Nisha Whitehead If all that Americans want is security, they can go to prison. They’ll have enough to eat, a bed and a roof over their heads. But…
Veterans Affairs drops mask requirement for all agency medical offices
A medical worker wearing face mask walks past a line of workers and visitors waiting to be tested for COVID-19 at the main entrance to a Veterans Affairs medical Center…
This New Orleans Nonprofit Is Turning Restaurants Into First Responders
Queen Trini Lisa Caribbean Restaurant in New Orleans, one of the businesses equipped with Get Lit Stay Lit–funded solar panelsScreenshot: SPAN / YouTube Hurricane Ida still looms large in New…
Finnish Army’s winter uniforms make US Army digs look like trash bags
A Finnish soldier (left) participates in Arctic Forge with U.S. troops (right). (Images via U.S. Army/Instagram) Finland’s Army is small but mighty — and they dazzle in white. Participating in…
Black Vietnam vet at last getting his due: Medal of Honor
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 60 years after he was first recommended for the nation’s highest award for bravery during the Vietnam War, retired Col. Paris Davis, one of the first…
Proposal would give tax incentives for hiring military spouses
Companies would get tax incentives to hire military spouses under bipartisan legislation introduced in the Senate and the House Wednesday. The bills, if passed, would amend the Internal Revenue Code…
Number of imprisoned veterans concerns former defense chiefs
Two former Iraq and Afghanistan War-era defense secretaries are recommending that the government consider new ways to ensure that military service is taken into account when courts prosecute former service…