Article Category: Word in Black

  • The End of Black Lives Matter Plaza

    In the aftermath of the Civil War, as the United States grappled with Reconstruction, Black women – both formerly enslaved and free – emerged as a force in the labor movement.

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    8 minute read

  • We Don’t Need Permission to Celebrate Black History Month

    The 2025 Black History Month theme is African Americans and Labor, which focuses on the various and profound ways that work and working of all kinds intersect with the collective experiences of Black people and the work that we have done throughout the U.S., Africa, and the Diaspora. 

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    6 minute read

  • Flint, Unleaded

    Will the city’s water crisis finally be over when the last service line is replaced?

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    11 minute read
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    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…

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    10 minute read
  • Flint water power plant

    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…

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    3 minute read