The African-American families embroiled in litigation against toxic animal-feeding operations join a long history of black communities fighting for the right to their health in the Carolinas.
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City Caught Trying To Grab Senior Citizen’s Brownstone | Kings County Politics
“Home-ownership is one of the most important ways a family is able to build and transfer wealth from one generation to the next. In that light, and with the ever-increasing cost of living in this city, preserving home ownership opportunities is critical in predominantly black and brown communities like ours…”
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Race, Class Impact Houston Resisdents’ Recovery From Hurricane Harvey | Colorlines
A year after the storm, many Black and Latinx Houstonians are still unable to safely live in their homes.
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Common and His Mother Help Raise Funds for Public Schools Nationwide | Ebony
Common and his mother, Dr. Mahalia A. Hines, are partnering with the company Burlington Stores and the non-profit organization Adopt-A-Classroom.org to raise money for supplies for teachers and students nationwide.
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Detroit Schools Turn Off Drinking Water, Citing Elevated Lead and Copper | The New York Times
When public school students in Detroit return to their classrooms next week for the first day of the school year, the water fountains will be dry.
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Black Women Are Dying During Childbirth. Sen. Kamala Harris Is Working to Change That. | Glamour
The U.S. is one of 13 countries in the world where maternal mortality rates are worse than they were two decades ago. And that alarming statistic hits one group of women the hardest.
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A Mother’s Zip Code Could Signal Whether Her Baby Will Be Born Too Early | The Atlantic
Every year, more than 400,000 women in America have babies who are preterm, low-birthweight, or who die before their first birthdays.
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On the House | Buying home for first time still exciting at age 75 | The Columbus Dispatch
“I thought, God brought me this far. He’ll see me the rest of the way.”
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Review: ‘Random Acts of Flyness’ Is a Striking Dream Vision of Race | The New York Times
HBO’s “Random Acts of Flyness” is like almost nothing you’ve seen on TV before. But it begins with a kind of image you’ve seen much too often.
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It’s a Celebration As Voters Oust Prosecutor Who Freed Michael Brown’s Killer | Colorlines
Ferguson City Council member Wesley Bell successfully challenged St. Louis County prosecuting attorney Bob McCulloch, as organizers and voters shout #ByeBob.
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