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An article dedicated to baseball legend Jackie Robinson's accomplishments and background serving in the U.S. military was taken down from the Department of Defense website and has seemingly been ...
On Tuesday, all across the baseball world, Jackie Robinson Day commemorations will once again take center stage. Since 2004, April 15 has been an obligatory notch on the baseball calendar, an ...
Jackie Robinson Day this year comes just a few weeks after the Trump administration tried to erase the baseball icon and American hero.
The Trump administration’s push to erase Jackie Robinson’s legacy continues, with the Naval Academy flagging his biography for removal.
A week after removing, then restoring, an article about Jackie Robinson from the Pentagon's website, the Trump administration has reportedly gone back to that well. A biography about Jackie ...
Jackie Robinson’s Legacy Vanishes, Then Reappears, on Pentagon Site A number of military pages focused on African American achievements have been lost amid the Trump administration’s effort to ...
The article, part of a DOD series entitled “Sports Heroes Who Served,” is a celebration of Robinson’s athletic achievements as well as his military service during World War II and his l… ...
Jeff Passan used Jackie Robinson Day to highlight the disturbing trend of attempts to erase Robinson’s military legacy.
An article on Robinson’s military career was restored to the Defense Department’s website. It’s a reminder that we can beat back the racist right.
The U.S. Naval Academy faces backlash for flagging Jackie Robinson’s biography amid a DEI policy shift, sparking concerns.
Reportedly included in that bundle was a biography of Jackie Robinson. To date, the Robinson bio has not been purged, though 381 other books have been, but it appears to remain under consideration.
It’s unclear when the Naval Academy and Trump Administration will follow through with their plans to remove Robinson’s biography and other material, but Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is ...