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One on One With Hercules Reid For NYS Assembly | WATCH AND LISTEN, Early Voting Continues In New York City, Primary Election Day Is June 28th

Hercules Reid sat down with the On The Ground level podcast last week to discuss why he is running for NYS Assembly, District 58 in Brooklyn’s East Flatbush section. He spoke with Ashley and Tahyira, Tahyira voted for Hercules as she is a registered voter in New York City. You can check your own registration…

Corrine Brown Announces Candidacy for Congress in FL-10

Longtime U.S. Rep. Pledges to Fight for the Overlooked and Underpaid Former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown returned to the Capital today and promptly announced that she had filed her petition papers marking her official declaration of candidacy for the 10th Congressional District of Florida. The 10th District is currently an open seat as incumbent U.S. Rep. Val…

When Will Black America Shoot Back?

During the upcoming midterm elections, all of our shots have scored major wins. Click here to check your voting registration. May is mental health awareness month in the United States, but in reality, one group has been under attack for their basic freedoms since the 1800s. Black America is under attack as they are now…

Sanctions from EU, A Pause From Germany, America What’s Your Move | Putin Gears Up To Invade Ukraine

He took a page right out of our guys playbook, comrade Trump. Remember that week when Trump lied about his attendance numbers at his inauguration and then dropped a slew of executive orders banning citizens from the Arab world, I believe a Muslim ban is what they called it. Welp, Mr. Russia is on the…

Instagram Neglects Black Usership Complaints Especially During Black History Month

In June of 2020, Variety reported that the Facebook owned social media sharing site Instagram would be reviewing its practices in the wake of Black Lives Matter protests exploding across the streets of America and online after the murder of George Floyd. George Perry Floyd Jr. was an African-American man who was murdered by a…

TMI Project Shines Light On Women’s Abortion Stories On The Anniversary of Roe vs Wade, Watch This Interview Hosted By On The Ground Level Podcast With Cast + Crew

After a 5 Day Standoff Leaving Students Outside, Chicago teachers approve COVID-19 safety agreement

In the United States, you’ve always had to fight for your rights, to party, live, work safely, and be vocal towards change. Many parents filed a suit against the Teacher’s Union, calling the school shut downs illegal. Parents were forced again to grapple with childcare as the teachers and the union talked through a safety…

Political Values

You’re eating Thanksgiving leftovers at your parents’ home or with a loved one and you can’t help but remember the night before when that certain relative started going on and on about their political beliefs. Many of you contested to their opposing beliefs, many of you just heard and tried to move on to not…

#CorporateDiversity Makes White Employees Cringe, Isn’t That The Point?

In America it’s about who you know and that’s a big part of the problem. Bad actors manipulate a broken system most immigrants never gain access too. Why aren’t more Black Americans fighting for their reparations? Maybe because there’s enough laws on the books to pretend we have achieved equity. In reality, we have barely…

Who Is Frances Haugen? The Bravest of All Facebook Employees It Seems

Haugen is a former product manager at Facebook, accused the company of knowing its platforms are harmful and putting profits before safety in congressional testimony on Tuesday. “They won’t solve this crisis without your help.” Haugen wants Facebook to change its algorithm and cooperate with researchers.

CNN Airs Inaccurate California Recall Election Results

California Gov. Gavin Newsom ably fended off a recall attempt from Republicans on Tuesday, changing the stakes of the contest from a referendum on his own performance and into a partisan fight over Trumpism and the coronavirus. Five takeaways from Newsom’s victory: COVID PRECAUTIONS CAN HELP DEMOCRATS Republicans intended the recall to be a referendum…

January 6th, Stewart Rhodes and the Oath Keepers: History Repeats Itself

An in-depth analysis of the current legal woes of the Oath Keepers from the January 6 "insurrection" at the Capitol, with a strong focus on Stewart Rhodes and his history at the leader of the Oath Keepers.

Meet Charles H. Loeb, The Black Man Who Exposed Hiroshima A-Bomb Truths

Charles Loeb, a World War II reporter for America’s Black newspapers, saw through the War Dept.’s disinformation about the radiation effects on people of the atomic bombings of Japan. A key agent in misinforming Americans about that radiation was William “Atomic Bill” Laurence of our own New York Times. A pair of books documents in…

NYC Mental Health Pilot Program Creates More Space For Criminal Justice Change

NYC piloted a program that sends behavioral health specialists to respond to mental health calls. Early data shows these non-police teams were more successful at getting patients medical assistance. The data also shows that these behavioral health teams turned to hospitals for treatment less often.

HUD Secretary’s First Report: Americans Are Too Poor To Afford Rents, Nationwide Housing Crisis reaches critical mass in wake of Covid-19

This link will take you to a map that shows how many hours needed to work and the wage to afford one month’s rent. Read the full 291 page report here:

Why Right Wing Hosts are Suddenly Urging People to Get Vaccinated

Since the covid-19 vaccine had been founded, Right wing commentators such as Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck have been urging viewers to avoid taking the vaccine, despite the fact that the death rate has been practically inexistent. However, this past Monday, Hannity was quoted saying “We believe the science of vaccines so take this virus…

The Truth Why Critical Race Theory Is A Such A Hot Topic These Days

Because White American privilege is coming to an end. You can blame Trump. Today he announced that he’s suing social media networks and their respective CEOs for illegal “censorship” while he was in office. Google is apart of it too. Critical Race Theory is the ideology that Black Americans suffer more than their white countrymen…

Biden Proposes New Plan to Get Americans Vaccinated

As the Delta variant of COVID continues to affect Americans across the country, the Biden administration is seeking new methods of getting Americans vaccinated. As mass vaccination sites have been closing down, it has been raising concerns that not enough Americans will be fully protected. In a press briefing on Tuesday, President Biden addressed this…