Black women, particularly mothers, are leading efforts to treat people currently harmed by toxic neighborhoods and prevent future damage. This story was originally published by The 19th By Daja E. Henry, The 19th First, the butterflies disappeared. Then, the family dog died; and then the neighbors did, too. But Marquita…
Mothers of the movement: Black environmental justice activists reflect on the women who have paved the way
Originally published by The 19th Described as “the backbone of the environmental justice movement,” these women pioneered the work to protect communities. By Daja E. Henry and Jessica Kutz, The 19th When Leah Thomas was earning her degree in environmental studies, she found that what she was learning in college…
Black Twitter’s expected demise would make it harder to publicize police brutality and discuss racism
By Deion Scott Hawkins, Emerson College Before the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Philando Castile and Sandra Bland were propelled into the media spotlight, their names were Twitter #hashtags. In 2020, Twitter was essential to the spread of historic Black Lives Matter protests against police brutality across the world.…
More Than Two Years After George Floyd’s Murder Sparked a Movement, Police Reform Has Stalled. What Happened?
This story was originally published by ProPublica. By Jake Pearson, ProPublica ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. In the spring of 2020, George Floyd’s caught-on-camera murder by a Minneapolis police officer prompted massive…
Community outraged by racist display at Nevada mall
A community in Henderson, Nevada expressed outrage and condemned a train display that depicts two White men preparing to hang a Black man. A group of activists spoke out today in protest of the display, which was put up over the 4th of July weekend. The display was reportedly taken…
Activists call for hate crime charges against White man who pushed Black boy off bike in Connecticut
A group of activists held a press conference on Wednesday with the mother of a Black child who was pushed off of his bike by a White man in a Connecticut town. The incident happened last month when the man and boy accidentally bumped into each other on a sidewalk.…
Oakland becomes latest city to declare racism a public health emergency
Oakland has become the latest city in California to declare racism a public health emergency. City officials made a proclamation on Tuesday after a unanimous vote for a resolution. The city’s Department of Race and Equity will receive $350,000 to fund a consultant and data analyst, according to the staff…