The Safe Drinking Water Act has been successful in protecting America’s drinking water supply, but challenges such as enforcement issues and new pollutants have led to ongoing problems in water quality, with under-resourced communities being disproportionately affected.
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OP-ED: Pursuing Martin Luther King Jr.’s beloved community
According to Dr. King, the creation of a beloved community would require the American people to address three great evils of society: racism, poverty, and militarism. My friend and former colleague, the late John R. Lewis, arguably Dr. King’s most ardent disciple, often invoked the concept to buttress his calls for a “just society.” John was committed to the pursuit, but I always wondered if such were possible until recently.
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OP-ED: Biden deserves credit not complacency
When President Biden took office, the country was in the grip of a global pandemic. Businesses were shuttering, schools were closing, and people were dying. The country needed leadership. Unfortunately, we had a showman at the helm when a statesman was needed. Forty-five was pre-occupied with scoring political points and securing media hits. And when voters were given a chance to express themselves, by a margin of nearly seven million votes, they chose statesmanship over showmanship.
Posted in#NNPA BlackPress, Black Experience, Black History, Business, Commentary, Community, Entertainment, Featured, National, News, NNPA, NNPA Newswire, Politics, Sports, Stacy Brown
Phoenix Suns Embrace NBA’s Strong Stance on Social Justice
NNPA NEWSWIRE — For communities of color who today continue to produce many of the star athletes in the sports industry, the outcries for freedom, justice and equality have had a transformative impact on the commitments of sports’ owners and leaders.
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OP-ED: Black America Supports Biden’s Build Back Better and Infrastructure Bills
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Now is the time for the Congress of the United States to act and to vote to pass President Joe Biden’s bold and consequential legislations: Build Back Better Framework and Infrastructure bills. Surveying across African American communities throughout the nation reveals overwhelming support for President Joe Biden’s legislative initiatives.
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President Biden Calls for End to Systemic Racism During CBCF Conference
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I got here just a year after the Black Caucus started, 50 years, and the Black Caucus has gotten stronger every year with a powerhouse of ideas and a training ground for a lot of great leaders,” President Biden remarked. “The CBC has made a difference, and as we emerge from this pandemic, the time is right to root out systemic racism. The time is now for a moral response to heal the soul of this nation and to ensure that Black Americans are fully dealt into the economy, and to this society, they have built and shaped for centuries.”
Posted inBlack History, Commentary, Community, Energy, Environment, Featured, National, NNPA Newswire, Politics, Stacey M. Brown
From Slavery to Civil Rights and Environmental Racism
NNPA NEWSWIRE — With President Donald Trump castigating the science of global warming, it’s little wonder that today’s environmental policies not only target people of color when it comes to the placement and operation of unhealthy facilities, they also exclude people of color from being a part of the policy making process — even though they are the ones who are usually most directly negatively impacted by environmental injustices.
