The Vegas Strip uses only 5% of Southern Nevada's water supply. The 22 million gallons of water in the Bellagio fountains come from a private well originally drilled to irrigate the Dunes golf course. 99% of the water used in hotel rooms is recycled & reused.

Happy #EarthDay

In 2019, Akua Page went to a juvenile incarceration facility in South Carolina to teach about the Gullah Geechee language, telling them 'y’all are bilingual'

Educators are keeping language of enslaved Africans alive at Harvard, U of S. Carolina and more
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Vice President Harris announces final rules mandating minimum standards for nursing home staffing apnews.com/article/nursin…

Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson pledged $10M for Maui wildfire survivors. They gave much more apnews.com/article/oprah-…

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The Shade Room has also been accused of highlighting Black crime stories in a way that some feel reinforces negative stereotypes, another point often raised by conservatives in discussions about race and policing.

Influence of prominent Black conservatives: High-profile figures like Candace Owens, who has been vocal in her criticism of Democratic policies and 'liberal culture', may be helping to make conservative ideas more palatable to some young Black people.

There is evidence that younger Black Americans tend to hold more conservative views on certain social issues compared to their elders. For example, surveys have found that Black Millennials are more likely to oppose abortion and same-sex marriage than older Black generations.

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Biden is marking Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal solar power grants apnews.com/article/biden-…

Today is Earth Day and this year's theme is planet vs. plastics, a call for “the end of plastics for the sake of human and planetary health.”

AP's Natalia Gutiérrez details the evolution of the April 22nd holiday.

Columbia University canceled in-person classes on Monday and police arrested dozens of students at Yale University as tensions over the war in the Middle East continue to grow on U.S. college campuses. apnews.com/article/columb…

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PEN America has canceled its 2024 Literary Awards, after months of criticism over the org’s response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza

28 authors withdrew books from consideration. The $75K prize will be donated to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court will take up the legal fight over ghost guns, firearms without serial numbers. apnews.com/article/suprem…

Children of Flint water crisis make change as young environmental and health activists apnews.com/article/flint-…

Amanda Nguyen put her dreams of being an astronaut on hold to fix the criminal justice system that failed her and other survivors of sexual assault. Now, she will be the first woman of Vietnamese descent to fly to space. (warning: distressing)

Don’t forget that every single House seat, including Rep. Andy Barr’s, is up for re-election this November! 👀

When the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign was installed, the population of Las Vegas was about 70,000 people.

He came with receipts and, quite frankly, dropped the mic 🫢

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