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Water investigations said to test Biden racial equity pledge

A congressional ally says President Joe Biden's commitment to racial equity is being tested by federal investigations into public spending on a failing Mississippi water system

The Independent UK

The EPA starts a civil rights probe into Mississippi's water woes

The agency said that it is investigating whether Mississippi state agencies discriminated against the state's majority-Black capital city by refusing to fund improvements for its failing water system.

WEKU

EPA starts civil rights probe into Mississippi water woes

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced it is investigating whether Mississippi state agencies discriminated against the state’s majority-Black capital city by refusing to fund improvements for its failing water system

The Independent UK

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Yuba City high school football players apologize for participating in slave auction

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Three Yuba City high school football players apologized during an NAACP press conference on Monday for their involvement in a mock slave auction that ended their team’s entire season.

Tribune News Service

Missouri voters to decide on marijuana this November

Five measures will be on the Missouri ballot on November 8. One ballot measure, Amendment 3, would legalize the sale, possession, and use of marijuana in Missouri.

Ballotpedia

Will Missouri Legalize Cannabis? Amendment 3 Suffers Another Attack This Time By State NAACP

Cannabis legalization efforts in Missouri are under attack once again, this time by The Missouri State Conference of the NAACP.

Benzinga

Republicans oppose social spending – will it cost them in the midterms?

Economy in focus: In Mississippi, poverty is high and water problems blight the state. But Republicans seem adamantly against spending to help their constituents

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Alabama Sen. Tuberville equates descendants of enslaved people to criminals

Tuberville spoke at a pro-Trump rally in Nevada on Saturday ahead of the November midterm elections. The NAACP called the comments "flat out racist, ignorant and utterly sickening."

WEKU

How fossil fuel firms use Black leaders to ‘deceive’ their communities

Black community members have been asked to rubber-stamp harmful projects for decades, activists say

The Guardian - US

L.A. City Council member Nury Martinez to take leave of absence

The NAACP is demanding two other L.A. City Councilmembers also step down for making racist remarks.

Axios

Venus Williams, Spike Lee set for Black Entrepreneurs Day

A celebration of Black business success and opportunity is back for its third year

The Independent UK

American tourist killed in Turks and Caicos was an NAACP leader from Virginia

A tourist who was killed in the Turks and Caicos Islands earlier this week when the vehicle he was traveling in was ambushed by armed gunmen has been identified as a local NAACP leader from Virginia.

Miami Herald

Jackson water crisis: Mississippi accused of ‘intolerable’ racial discrimination

State officials accused of violating civil rights, which resulted in ‘persistently unsafe and unreliable drinking water’ for residents

The Guardian - US

Racist Busing Rides Again

Moving migrants from Texas to Democratic strongholds is not new. The Reverse Freedom Rides of the 1960s hold lessons for activists of today.

Texas Observer

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The Independent UK

NAACP says Jackson's water problems are civil rights issue

The NAACP on Tuesday accused Mississippi of discriminating against Black residents by denying badly needed federal funds for drinking water infrastructure in Jackson and instead diverting money to largely-white communities that needed it less

The Independent UK

Black pastor files lawsuit against police who arrested him while watering neighbour’s flowers

Michael Jennings suffered post traumatic stress and humiliation from the arrest, the lawsuit alleges

The Independent UK

Black preacher arrested while watering flowers sues police

A Black pastor who was arrested by white police officers while watering the flowers of a neighbor has filed a federal lawsuit over the ordeal

Los Angeles Times

Erika D. Smith: In this Black Lives Matter family feud, we'll get transparency. But at what cost?

On Aug. 30, the venerable Pew Research Center released a report summing up the opinions of Black Americans, specifically our thoughts about racial inequality and the prospects for systemic social change.

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The Conversation

50 years after landmark death penalty case, Supreme Court's ruling continues to guide execution debate

The state of Oklahoma put James Coddington to death on Aug. 25, 2022, for the 1997 murder of a 73-year-old friend who refused to give him money to buy drugs.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: The troubled North Carolina NAACP should explain and regroup. The state needs its advocacy

The NAACP has a proud history of overcoming racial barriers, but now its North Carolina conference is being stymied by internal obstacles.

Tribune News Service

NC NAACP loses tax-exempt status; audit assessing misspending allegations

For decades, the public face of North Carolina’s NAACP has been an energetic organization unbending in its fight against injustice.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: We must do more to protect federal judges

In December 1989, Robert Vance was with his wife in the kitchen of their Alabama home. As he opened a nondescript package addressed to him, the pipe bomb inside exploded, expelling nails with such force that it killed him almost instantly. His wife was grievously injured. At the time of…

The Guardian - US

Student loan forgiveness: Biden hails plan for ‘generation saddled with unsustainable debt’ – as it happened

President had campaigned on promise of loan forgiveness of up to $10,000 for those struggling with student debt

Los Angeles Times

Biden will cancel $10,000 of student debt for many borrowers

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he is canceling $10,000 in student debt for individuals earning less than $125,000 annually and extending a pause on loan repayments for all borrowers through the end of the year.

The Independent UK

LOCALIZE IT: Biden announces student debt cancellation

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