Federal Mandate Targets ‘Forever Chemicals’ Driving Black Communities’ Water Woes

The move comes four months after the U.N. declared this chemical contamination of drinking water a human rights violation.
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Belinda Joyner, a former schoolteacher in North Carolina, a state where cancer clusters born from water contamination have formed, wonders if it is enough to regulate future contamination without working to repair communities already harmed. capitalbnews.org/forever-chemic…

I’ve been doorknocking today in public housing in an undisclosed midwestern city and it reminded me of the time I was doorknocking in Englewood and somebody yelled “12 coming through” in reference to me 😭😂

For the second year, Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing cuts to California’s $54 billion climate investment, targeting programs aimed at accelerating the state’s transition from fossil fuels.

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so cool to see my The Zenith Cooperative dawg Patrick🤓 in Capital B! Proud of you!

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Angel Reese has ✨ARRIVED✨

In the 18 years since Katrina, Louisiana’s southernmost territories had started to hollow out, steadily accelerating their quiet migration northward as Louisianans fled their coast.

It is, indeed, the next great migration already well underway. propublica.org/article/climat…

I’ve been obsessed w/ migration and the Black exodus from Detroit has been at the center of it.

This Jena Brooker piece adds a new layer: 3/4 Detroiters are single, making it the most single large city in the U.S. costing the avg person $11k more annually.

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'The Nakba has also a lesser-known environmental dimension, the complete transformation of the environment, the weather, the soil, the loss of indigenous climate, the vegetation, the skies. The Nakba is a process of colonially imposed climate change.'

Why we need bipoc media e̶v̶e̶n̶ especially in an eclipse. From URL Media
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NEW: A new policy that would allow mass arrests of protestors during the Democratic National Convention violates the 1st Amendment and should be reversed, a coalition of reform groups told the federal judge overseeing efforts to reform CPD WTTW - Chicago PBS news.wttw.com/2024/04/08/ref…

I asked South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley if she supports transgender women (biological males) playing women's college basketball.

'If you consider yourself a woman and you want to play sports or vice versa, you should be able to play.'

Black residents want this asphalt mix company out of their neighborhood. But will Alabama’s environmental agency approve a new air permit despite the concerns of the residents?
My first for Inside Climate News

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I interviewed Mayor Brandon Johnson in celebration of his election anniversary.

He discussed how he’s delivered on his campaign promises and how his targeted investments and policies will address institutional harms in Black communities. The TRiiBE

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If you like experiencing emergency events not historically common to your geographic area then I have great news for you about the rest of the 21st century

“It can’t be overstated how absurdly harmful it is to go on TV and use the words “cowardly” and “dog” to address a Black woman.”

Compelling look at the extreme commutes of low-wage Latino immigrants in the Bay Area.

“When your two biggest job centers are Silicon Valley and San Francisco, what do those two have in common?” Goodwin asked. “They’re really expensive places to live.”
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Today would have been Shireen Abu Akleh’s 53rd birthday.

Israeli forces fatally shot the iconic and trailblazing reporter on May 11, 2022.

We spoke to several of her colleagues and friends on that day.

I’m so emotional over this oh my god like really Sydney is East Atlanta’s finest and a true testament to what community journalism that meets Black folks where they are should look like.

I am just so so so so proud.

What a finely reported story, kudos to the Capital B team on this one. The nuance! The fine reporting!

Also realllllyyyy appreciate their editorial choice to use the term 'migrants' across the board here instead of 'expat'

A must read: