Category: Veteran
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School’s Out
The Tale of Two Cities This week, Chicago’s Public School doors are closed…just like they once were several years ago when Rahm Emmanuel was the Chicago Mayor. At the end of 2019, before the dawn of a new decade, the Chicago Teachers Union and their comrades at Service Employees (SEIU) Local 73 have retaken to…
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A Day at the Museum
My Journey to the National Museum of African American History The Souls of Black Folks I was skeptical when I heard about the opening of the National Museum of African American History. Would we get another watered-down version of black history? This museum was over a hundred years in the making and well worth it.…
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The Struggle of Accessing Birth Control as a Man
The Struggle Is Real I’m a guy who has dealt with a ton of hurdles trying to gain access to birth control. I’ve lived in Midwest, West Coast, and currently, live in the Deep South. So here goes my story of how difficult it was to access male birth control. It wasn’t hard at all.…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
President Trump’s Comments About ‘The Squad’ Have Reinforced Racist and Inaccurate Posts About Them Online “This is the agenda of white nationalists, whether it is happening in chat rooms or it’s happening on national TV,” Omar said this week. “And now it’s reached the White House garden.” #Trump #WhiteSupremacy #SocialMedia#TheSquad ‘Die!’: Alleged arsonist turned a celebrated…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Bobby Seale
Welcome to the “Black History Month” edition of the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profiles. Each week in February, we will highlight a historical black male figure that embodies what it meant to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor…
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Black Boy Joy
Three Years of Evolving Man Project It’s been three years since I launched the Evolving Man Project. 2018 was our biggest year yet, and there’s a lot more coming in the year ahead. The purpose of this site is a look into the personal journey of one black man in America. Being black in…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Robert Henry Lawrence Jr.
Welcome to the “Black History Month” edition of the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profile. Each week in February, we will highlight a historical black male figure who embodied what it meant to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Fact-checking Trump’s announcement of a national emergency Where to begin with President Trump’s rambling news conference to announce he was invoking a national emergency to build a border wall? It was chock-full of false and misleading claims, many of which we’ve previously highlighted, either in our database of Trump claims or our list of Bottomless Pinocchios. Here’s a…
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The Long Voyage Home
Anchors Aweigh It seems like a lifetime ago. I was only seventeen and had recently graduated from high school. I had my whole life ahead of me. I made the decision to join the United States Navy. During that time, I came of age during that four-year enlistment. Through my travels, I saw parts of…
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Evolved “Little” Man of the Week: Tyler Stallings
Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s first-ever ‘Evolved “Little” Man of the Week’ profiles. This week we will highlight an individual that embodies what it means to be an evolved young boy on their path towards manhood, famous and non-famous alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to…
Evolving Folks Project 