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Black America speaks. America should listen.
30th March 1965: American civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King (1929 – 1968) and his wife Coretta Scott King lead a black voting rights march from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital in
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Grassroots Groups Push ‘Motor Voter’ Bill Aimed at 100% Registration of California’s Electorate
Last week, hundreds of community leaders, advocates, and organizers representing labor, faith-based, Black, AAPI, Latinos, women and youth rally and march were held at the State Capitol. They were supporting Senate Bill (SB) 846, which aims to increase election turnout and remove barriers to voter
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Biden administration launches environmental justice office
By Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press/Report for America President Joe Biden’s top environment official visited what is widely considered the birthplace of the environmental justice movement Saturday to unveil a national
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Faith Baptist Church Becomes Oakland’s First Official Resiliency Hub - Texas Metro News
By Curtis O. Robinson, Sr., M.A., Harvard University fellow, ’19, Senior Pastor, Faith Baptist Church So, when I say that Faith Baptist is Oakland’s first Resiliency Hub, the first question
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National Wildlife Federation Helping to Build UP Birmingham
By Jacqueline Gray Miller With the shadow of a 100-year-old church building as shade, Build UP students are organizing their next boot camp, A Green Summer Work Experience. For the next three weeks – July 13 through August 1 – the entrepreneurial-minded teenagers are building up their Ensley
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Source: The Birmingham Times
These Young Black Climate Activists Are Impacting the Planet in Big Ways
Climate change is altering the way we view the world. Because of the dire nature of the climate and the ways in which our planet is suffering due to pollution, toxicity and other things, the global community is in need of desperate measures to protect and reverse its condition. Here are a few you
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EPA: STX Refinery Needs New Permit, Millions in Equipment for Restart
Port Hamilton Refining and Transportation must obtain a new comprehensive Clean Air Act permit before it can restart the St. Croix refinery — a process that could take up to three years and cost hundreds of millions of dollars — the Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday.
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Advocates Connect Black Justice, Health and Money to Environmental Concerns - Los Angeles Sentinel

The Healthy Air Alliance, a California-based organization committed to reducing environmental pollution, and the Rev. Dr. William D. Smart Jr., president and CEO of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Southern California, co-hosted a panel discussion on environmental justice July

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Why I'm Supporting Joe Biden: His Plan for Black America
Last week, I had the opportunity to host a virtual roundtable with my good friend and Democratic nominee for President, Joe
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In Ohio and nationwide, Joe Biden is better for Black business : TheGrio

Joe Biden plans to grow and strengthen Black-owned small businesses in Ohio and nationwide. Through his Build Back Better and Lift... View

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In Letter to Congress: Black Wealth 2020 Sends Plea for Unity in Pandemic Relief Black-owned businesses got little relief under PPP
As the U. S. House of Representatives awaits the political fate of another multi-trillion dollar coronavirus relief bill, called the “Heroes Act”, Black Wealth 2020 (BW2020), a national catalyst for economic justice for African-Americans, is pressing Congressional leaders to unify for equity for
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Benjamin F. Wilson
Benjamin F. Wilson is a Managing Principal of Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., a 100-lawyer firm that is focused on environmental and natural resource law, litigation and project
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Why Black and Hispanic Residents are More Likely to Become Infected by the Coronavirus – Free Press of Jacksonville
By Tim Nickens (Poynter Institute) - Historical practices embedded in health care, structural racism and high-risk jobs contribute to the pandemic’s disproportionate effects Residents sign up for assistance and free supplies provided by Sistas Van [...]
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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly
Biden's new environmental justice office will oversee $3 billion in grants to polluted communities
The EPA office will oversee the delivery of a $3 billion climate and environmental justice block grant program created by the Inflation Reduction Act.
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As virus cases rise, utility shutoffs put low-income and Black families at risk - L.A. Focus Newspaper
In Kansas, Colorado, Mississippi, and Iowa, state-mandated emergency bans on disconnections have been lifted. And some states -- including hotspots Georgia, Alabama and Florida -- never imposed governor-mandated moratoria on shutoffs, leaving public utility commissions, municipalities, small
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Racism isn’t just a public health crisis. It’s a chronic illness
As the Executive Director of Alternatives for Community and Environment, a black-led environmental justice organization in Roxbury, I welcome Mayor Walsh’s recent declaration that racism is a public health
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Joe Biden’s Plan for Empowering Black America
In a news release, the campaign noted that Biden “knows we need a comprehensive agenda for African Americans with an ambition that matches the scale of the challenge and with a recognition that race-neutral policies are not a sufficient response to race-based
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Tom Steyer: Co-chair Governor Gavin Newsom’s Task Force on Business and Jobs Recovery
One percent-er Tom Steyer, who made his fortune as a hedge fund manager, cares about the 99%ers and is woke and doing something about it. Now an activist, Steyer says “[t]he issues of economic, racial, and environmental justice keep me focused and determined, and I’ll never stop working toward them
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Steel mills can steal from the least powerful - Dallas Examiner
Gary, Indiana, is home to the largest steel mill in the world, but the consequences of 115 years of degradation of its natural resources, including air pollution and health issues, have led to the formation of Gary Advocates for Responsible Development to oppose projects that woul
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Trump to rollback environmental law that impacts minority communities - TheGrio
The Donald Trump administration continues its habit of undoing policies set to protect the people who need it most. Most... View Article The post Trump to rollback environmental law that impacts minority communities appeared first on TheGrio.
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REP. ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ - Dallas Examiner
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a third-generation Bronxite, educator, and organizer serving the 14th district of New York in the Bronx and Queens. Ocasio-Cortez grew up experiencing the reality of New York’s rising income inequality, inspiring
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Con Edison Outlines Climate Priorities - New York Carib News
Con Edison’s energy thought leaders participated in Climate Week events across the city to highlight the company’s efforts to fight climate change and help customers find the right  solutions for their energy needs. During Climate Week and throughout the year, Con Edison works to increase awareness
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Essential Workers Hold Walkouts And Protests In National 'Strike For Black Lives' : Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice : NPR
Front-line workers in several U.S. cities walked off their jobs and took to the streets to demand racial and economic justice.
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CHARGING TOWARD CHANGE: More than Hot Air | Atlanta Daily World
For the next installment of our “Clear the Air” series on environmental justice, we explore the power of community in shaping environmental decisions. In recent years, the issue of environmental justice has taken center stage, spurred by commitments from the Biden administration and the growing
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People of color are as interested in buying electric cars as White consumers – the biggest obstacle is access to charging | New Pittsburgh Courier
Getty Images by Andrea Marpillero-Colomina, The New School A nationally representative survey of 8,027 Americans shows that across all racial demographics, overall interest in purchasing electric vehicles is high. Among those surveyed, 33% of White respondents, 38% of Black respondents, 43% of
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PRESS ROOM: EPA Administrator Regan to Join Leaders of Civil Rights, Environmental Justice Movement for Significant Announcement in Warren County, North Carolina | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan will be joined by significant figures from the civil rights and environmental justice movements, including Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., president and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association and
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Families Face Peril as Unemployment Benefit Expires
By Edgar Mendez Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit milwaukeenns.org. Kristina Smith lost her job in the printing industry and has
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Racial And Climate Justice for Point Molate - African American News Today - EIN News
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and economic collapse, the ongoing virus of American racism and the climate emergency many people are looking at land development choices in a new light.
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Popular Democratic Strategist Implores Black Voters ‘You Make the Difference’
By Stacy M. Brown, Senior National Correspondent, NNPA Newswire The 2022 midterm elections are just a few weeks away, and both sides of the aisle have long acknowledged it’s the […]
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Newswire : Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden clarifies message to Black America
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Biden campaign rally
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