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The National Mall hosted a memorial service this past Monday to disperse 20,000 American flags to represent the 200,000 victims of COVID-19. Volunteers from the COVID Memorial Project spread the message that these victims are more than statistics, and they deserved better. The memorial’s flags rest at the foot of the Washington Monument, and face…
In my previous article, I mentioned how I wasn’t brought up color conscious. I now realize that because of that I didn’t grow up with the fear of being shot while jogging, shot while sleeping, shot while watching tv, or essentially, shot while being black and breathing. I didn’t think about being discriminated against because…
As COVID continues to ravage the nation, our political parties are attempting to push the most decrepit and mentally unfit white men they could possibly find to head the nation. A recent poll even showed that voters in a few key swing states feel that both Joe Biden and Donald Trump were both not mentally…
Ensure your vote counts towards the 2020 presidential election by following the guidelines below. Voting is vital in deciding America’s future, and the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t the only obstacle voters will need to overcome. Additionally, voters must maneuver around Trump’s threats to hinder the vote-by-mail ballot system. Despite Trump’s tantrums, the 2020 presidential election persists…
Bill Barr takes time out of carrying Trump’s water to lecture fascists-in-training at Hillsdale College. The Attorney General makes the statement that nationwide shutdowns (which never happened) considered during the height of the pandemic, were the biggest threat to U.S. civil liberties “other than slavery”. Loud News Net’s founder, The Mean talks some shit and…
Only because you can’t swat digital advertisements away like disease-spreading parasites, the natural reaction to seeing a Trump ad is to just keep scrolling. But if you want to help reduce his ability to buy more ads in the future, or just troll his campaign people, the best thing you can do is click on…
Loud News Net is happy to launch our new Quick Hit video series. These are short video blogs hitting on news of the day in a concise way. Typos and all. Our first entry discusses me waking up to see “Blue Lives Matter” trending on Twitter and why I think it doesn’t make sense. I’m…
As controversial as Tupac Shakur might be, most 21st-century rappers and hip-hop fanatics give him credit to helping shape West Coast rap and agree that inequality and racial injustice are major themes throughout his discography. 24 years ago today, Tupac Shakur was pronounced dead after being shot six days prior in a drive-by shooting. This…
While protests continue across the U.S. to spread the message that Black Lives Matter, Trump has decided to end Critical Race Theory and white privilege training dedicated to federal agencies. He paints a picture of this crucial training as “anti-American propaganda,” but fails to comprehend the irony in his statements. If Trump claims that educating…
Spoken word artist, rapper, dancer, activist, community volunteer, promoter and VP of North Minneapolis performing arts collective Mac House, Elijah “EJ” Easley wears a lot of hats. But today we are across the freeway in ‘Nordeast’, on the patio at punk rock meets old-timer’s neighborhood bar Grumpy’s, and he doesn’t have anything to keep the…
