Article Category: Word in Black

  • Reading the Nation at 250: Who Is Missing From the Story?

    As America prepares to celebrate 250 years of independence, a federal reading initiative reveals a glaring truth: the nation is still telling its story without Black women.   Anniversaries like America’s 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence reveal not only what is celebrated, but what is omitted and whose stories are…

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  • 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…

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