Post-Election Stress: Black Women and Their Mental Health
Politics can cause a form of chronic stress. Self-care and surrounding yourself with affirming community can help.
Article Category: Word in Black
Flint, Unleaded
Will the city’s water crisis finally be over when the last service line is replaced?
A Decade After Water Crisis, Art Brings Hope and Healing to Flint
As the community rebuilds, Black artists like Keyon Lovett are helping by promoting unity and hope.
Three Black Women Making History in Environmental Justice Across Industries
Written by the Washington Informer, reprinted from Word in Black Check out how these history-makers are tackling environmental justice in the architecture industry, the courtroom, and the boardroom. Academic and activist Robert Bullard has long been recognized as one of the environmental justice movement’s key founders. Not everyone may know, however, that his groundbreaking research in the…
Victims of the Flint Water Crisis Are Still Waiting to Get Paid
by Willy Blackmore, reprinted from Word in Black. But so far only lawyers have seen any money. In 2021, when a settlement between the state of Michigan and residents of Flint was approved, there was a sense that those who were affected by the water crisis were close to reaching some kind of closure. “Flint families are finally…
Why Black Moms and Babies Are Dying So Often In Louisiana
Its near-total abortion ban has ripple effects that keep maternal mortality rates among the highest in the nation. by Jennifer Porter Gore - Word In Black Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade almost two years ago, the battle to women’s access to abortion and contraceptive healthcare has moved to the states. Some have…
Could the Days of Lead in Drinking Water Soon Be Over?
by Willy Blackmore In April, it will have been 10 years since the administration of Governor Rick Scott changed the water source for Flint, Michigan, from the Detroit Water and Sewage Department to the Flint River. The cost-cutting measure was devastating for the city, which not only ended up with high levels of lead in…
