Jackie Robinson is an American hero. But he was not treated like one in a confounding move by the United States Department of Defense. The U.S. Department of Defense temporarily removed a section on ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Steph Tharpe is a journalist who covers Black enterprise and culture. Jackie Robinson didn't just change baseball — he changed ...
On March 18, 2025, ESPN baseball columnist Jeff Passan made an X post (archived) claiming that the U.S. Department of Defense removed a page about the U.S. Army career of baseball legend Jackie ...
A tribute to Jackie Robinson's Army service was scrubbed from a DOD website. The Pentagon said Wednesday that in "rare cases" it may have deliberately or mistakenly removed some webpages in efforts to ...