Uncategorized – Page 3945 – EWC Communication

‘Stop Killing Us’: Black People In Houston Fight Cancer, Die from Higher Concentration of Industrial Hazards In Their Neighborhoods; Top Official Argues He’s ‘Not Sure’ If He Wants to Use the Word ‘Environmental Racism’

June 30, 2022
Comments Off

Black Houston residents have disproportionately suffered for decades through exposure to hazardous chemicals that have killed generations of Black residents. Yet, the head of the agency meant to ensure the state has clean air and water shied away from acknowledging the presence of “environmental racism,” even though studies show it exists. More than 100 Houston…

‘Serve It And Charge Her’: Emmett Till’s Family Wants White Woman Arrested Amid Discovery Of 1955 Warrant

June 30, 2022
Comments Off

Source: Andrew Lichtenstein / Getty We all know the story of 14-year-old Emmett Till, the vicious white monsters who tortured and killed him, and the racist white woman who set it all in motion. We know the white men were acquitted of the murder and that they admitted to it later but died before either…

R. Kelly sentencing: Black girls deserve more

June 30, 2022
Comments Off

OPINION: Oronike Odeleye, co-founder of #MuteRKelly, reflects on the sentencing and troubled legacy of the disgraced R&B star. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Black girls deserve more. That sentence is so fraught with controversy that it will probably cause lots of people…

Malcom X’s daughter shares her Father’s Day message to her dad

June 30, 2022
Comments Off

Educator and activist Dr. Ilyasah Shabazz thanks father, Malcolm X, for everything he has done for the Black community. In an interview with theGrio’s Natasha Alford, Dr. Ilyasah Shabazz shares her message to her father, Malcolm X, for Fathers’ Day. “I would want to say thank you, Daddy,” she said. “I am absolutely so proud…

‘Somebody Come Get This Girl’: Tia Mowry Left Fans In Tears After Sharing a Video of Her 4-Year-Old Daughter Cairo Playing with Her Hair

June 30, 2022
Comments Off

Tia Mowry took to Instagram on June 27 to showcase the latest growing pain she’s encountered while raising her 4-year-old daughter, Cairo Hardrict. In the post, Hardrict is seen in what appears to be Mowry’s closet and trying on her hair extensions. Tia Mowry uploads a video of her daughter, Cairo Hardrict, trying on her…

Supreme Court limits EPA in curbing power plant emissions

June 30, 2022
Comments Off

By a 6-3 vote, the court’s conservative majority said that the Clean Air Act does not give the Environmental Protection Agency broad authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. In a blow to the fight against climate change, the Supreme Court on Thursday limited how the nation’s main anti-air pollution law can be used to reduce carbon dioxide…

Savannah, Ga., clergy allege overpolicing, poor training after officers kill licensed gun owner

June 30, 2022
Comments Off

Saudi Arai Lee, slain Friday, was from Carver Village, a largely Black neighborhood in Savannah whose residents say they are often targeted by police. Members of the clergy in Savannah, Georgia, are calling for a federal investigation into their city’s police department days after a Black man was shot and killed. Saudi Arai Lee, 31,…

‘They’re Definitely My Couple Goals’: Lori Harvey Says She Wants a Love Like Her Parents Steve and Marjorie Weeks Following Her Breakup with Michael B. Jordan

June 30, 2022
Comments Off

Lori Harvey, newly single following her recent breakup with Michael B. Jordan, said in a new interview with Us Weekly that she aspires to have a love like her stepfather and mother, Steve and Marjorie Harvey. Steve and Marjorie began dating in 2005, and tied the knot two years later, on June 25, 2007. The pair also has a blended…

Gold tooth of Congo’s hero whose body Belgium destroyed with acid laid to rest today

June 30, 2022
Comments Off

The interment of Patrice Lumumba in a specially-built mausoleum will be marked by a speech by the president of Congo. KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The remains of Congo’s independence hero and first Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba will be laid to rest in Kinshasa Thursday. The interment in a specially-built mausoleum will be marked by a…

‘Help, Help, Help’: Man Paralyzed After Being Handcuffed and Placed In the Back of a Patrol Van Without Seatbelt, Hits Metal Wall Head-First

June 30, 2022
Comments Off

A Connecticut man is now paralyzed after officers failed to place a safety belt across him when placing him in a patrol van handcuffed. His lawyers call for justice, likening his debilitating condition to Freddie Gray, a Baltimore native who sustained a fatal spinal injury while he was in the custody of local law enforcement….