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The mayor of Tulsa announced plans for a $105 million private charitable trust to provide descendants of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre with housing assistance and scholarships
Tulsa’s first Black mayor announces $105M reparations plan for descendants of 1921 Race Massacre
“We will be making these investments to restore the Greenwood District and Tulsa overall to the community we should have been,” Monroe Nichols said.
www.whatimreading.net
June 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The mayor of Tulsa announced plans for a $105 million private charitable trust to provide descendants of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre with housing assistance and scholarships
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West Virginia coal miners lose black lung screenings after Trump slashes worker safety agency NIOSH
West Virginia coal miners lose black lung screenings after Trump slashes worker safety agency NIOSH
The Trump administration's cuts to NIOSH have gutted crucial programs affecting millions of workers across the U.S.
www.cbsnews.com
May 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
West Virginia coal miners lose black lung screenings after Trump slashes worker safety agency NIOSH
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Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.
With CDC injury prevention team gutted, 'we will not know what is killing us'
Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.
www.npr.org
April 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.
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The Trump admin is terminating a settlement aimed at improving wastewater treatment services for Black Alabama communities harmed by raw sewage, calling the agreement an “illegal DEI and environmental justice policy”
Trump admin terminates ‘illegal DEI’ settlement over raw sewage in poor, majority-Black Alabama communities
The agreement, reached under the Biden Administration, required the state’s Department of Public Health to improve sanitation efforts in Alabama’s Black Belt.
www.whatimreading.net
April 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The Trump admin is terminating a settlement aimed at improving wastewater treatment services for Black Alabama communities harmed by raw sewage, calling the agreement an “illegal DEI and environmental justice policy”
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The National Park Service quietly edited its website about the Underground Railroad to remove key references and quotes from Harriet Tubman and soften its language about slavery
Trump’s National Park Service is quietly whitewashing Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
The National Park Service edited its website to replace key facts about Harriet Tubman and slavery with phrases like “Black/White cooperation.”
www.whatimreading.net
April 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The National Park Service quietly edited its website about the Underground Railroad to remove key references and quotes from Harriet Tubman and soften its language about slavery
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Local officials say a tax break program has quickly added tens of thousands of new affordable housing units across Houston, but a closer look shows much of the benefit has gone to landlords and politically connected businesses — not low-income renters. www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/202...
Insiders make millions from Houston's affordable housing system
Lawyers, consultants and other third parties have cashed in big on affordable housing deals. Renters have not.
www.houstonchronicle.com
March 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Local officials say a tax break program has quickly added tens of thousands of new affordable housing units across Houston, but a closer look shows much of the benefit has gone to landlords and politically connected businesses — not low-income renters. www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/202...
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30 Los Angeles County probation officers are facing charges over their roles in facilitating 'gladiator fights' among youth at juvenile hall
30 LA County detention officers face charges over 'gladiator fights' among youth at juvenile hall
An indictment alleges that the officers "allowed and, in some instances, encouraged" 69 fights among youth detainees at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall.
abc7.com
March 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
30 Los Angeles County probation officers are facing charges over their roles in facilitating 'gladiator fights' among youth at juvenile hall
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taking black kids away from their parents and putting them on farms seems really familiar to me! what could it be?
Even the most disturbing RFK Jr. headline always manages to have a detail inside creepier than you could have imagined. I’m sorry, did you just say Black kids should have a chance to get “re-parented”???? Gift link wapo.st/4hW2xGI
February 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
taking black kids away from their parents and putting them on farms seems really familiar to me! what could it be?
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I wrote about Google unveiling its 'responsible AI progress report' by quietly deleting the part of its AI principles where it promised not to work on weapons www.platformer.news/google-ai-pr...
Google is ready to work on AI weapons now
The company’s promise to avoid building AI applications that cause harm has been deleted
www.platformer.news
February 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I wrote about Google unveiling its 'responsible AI progress report' by quietly deleting the part of its AI principles where it promised not to work on weapons www.platformer.news/google-ai-pr...
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The water released from two California reservoirs at Trump’s order will likely go to waste, instead of helping Los Angeles with firefighting, experts say
Why the water Trump ordered released in California won't help Los Angeles firefighting
The water released from two California reservoirs will likely go to waste, not help Los Angeles with firefighting, experts say.
www.cbsnews.com
February 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The water released from two California reservoirs at Trump’s order will likely go to waste, instead of helping Los Angeles with firefighting, experts say
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🚨BREAKING: Months before tonight's fatal DC plane crash, lawmakers brushed off dire safety warnings & passed an industry-backed bill adding more flight traffic at the airport.
"Increasing slots at this airport undermines safety," an opponent pleaded.
"Increasing slots at this airport undermines safety," an opponent pleaded.
Before D.C. Airport Collision, Lawmakers Brushed Off Warnings And Boosted Flights
Despite midflight near-misses and dire pleas, airline-bankrolled lawmakers recently expanded flight traffic at Washington’s busy airport.
buff.ly
January 30, 2025 at 5:29 AM
🚨BREAKING: Months before tonight's fatal DC plane crash, lawmakers brushed off dire safety warnings & passed an industry-backed bill adding more flight traffic at the airport.
"Increasing slots at this airport undermines safety," an opponent pleaded.
"Increasing slots at this airport undermines safety," an opponent pleaded.
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Colombia’s President announces they will raise tariffs on U.S. imports in response to sanctions from Donald Trump.
January 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Colombia’s President announces they will raise tariffs on U.S. imports in response to sanctions from Donald Trump.