Friday, October 9, 2026

Tag: black communities

Police kill 1-year-old in Mississippi, then tear gas protesters demanding answers

The fatal shooting of Kohen Wiley after an alleged shoplifting call has ignited protests in Senatobia, where residents say years of police escalation and mistrust reached a breaking point.

Trump DOJ moves to crush Evanston’s landmark Black reparations program

The Justice Department is backing a right-wing lawsuit against the nation’s first operating reparations program, raising the stakes for cities trying to repair decades of anti-Black housing discrimination.

No more dog whistles

Isn’t it now time for all of us to reclaim our space—and nation—from Donald Trump?

After Hurricane Ida, a historic Black community races to save its...

Residents of Ironton, Louisiana are rallying for their share of recovery funds.

The whole damn system is guilty as hell: Taking control of...

Democratic community control of the police transforms the power dynamic between police and citizens.

NAACP reveals tactics fossil fuel industry uses to manipulate communities of...

The report describes at length the health and financial harms that coal, oil, and gas bring to the communities they cross, and how these harms are disproportionately impacting people of color.

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Companies that saw federal cases dropped gave or pledged $210.5 million to Trump-aligned super...

Public Citizen's tracker lists more than 200 corporations that benefited from canceled enforcement, and the group says its database is not comprehensive.
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Ketamine: What to know about the drug at the center of the Cornell case

Ketamine is a powerful drug with promise for treating depression in small doses. Recreational use is risky, especially combined with alcohol.
A natural gas flare at a petroleum well site in New Mexico. Photo: James St. John / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

EPA plans to rescind methane Super Emitter Program, citing estimated $45 billion in savings

Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the plan to oil and gas executives in Santa Fe, and the agency's release gives no method for its savings figure.
Satellite view of a hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico (Hurricane Dennis, 2005, file image). Photo: NASA/MODIS Land Rapid Response Team (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons

How Hurricane Isaias broke through to become the first Atlantic hurricane in an eerily...

An atmospheric scientist explains what’s been going on in the atmosphere, and how El Niño and the jet stream both play important roles.
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AI, Tech Leaders Are Lobbying Trump Health Officials in a Government-Run Chat Room

A Slack workspace managed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has served as an extraordinary war room for AI industry insiders and Trump administration officials to launch a rapid campaign aimed at persuading Americans to manage their healthcare and medical records on apps.