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There was a deal to fix this Alabama community’s raw sewage crisis. Trump tore it up over DEI The Guardian Source link

The People’s Union USA, a grassroots movement, called on shoppers to participate in an economic blackout on Friday. “The point of this economic blackout today is to try to give some power back to the people, in terms of saying you are not powerless about what is happening with big corporations,” Quinnipiac University professor of entrepreneurship and strategy Patrice Luoma said. Supporters are standing against big corporations like Walmart and Target for cutting back diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. “For a corporation like Target to roll back its D.E.I. particularly on the heels of Black History Month, there is this…

Florida’s public schools will now teach students that some Black people benefited from slavery because it taught them useful skills, part of new African American history standards approved Wednesday that were blasted by a state teachers’ union as a “step backward.”The Florida State Board of Education’s new standards includes controversial language about how “slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit,” according to a 216-page document about the state’s 2023 standards in social studies, posted by the Florida Department of Education.Other language that has drawn the ire of some educators and education advocates includes…

Illustration: Kalany Omengkar It’s common for major Hawai‘i hotel transactions to make headlines. Among them was the $1.1 billion purchase of the Grand Wailea and the $275 million purchase of the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua in 2018. In 2019, the Holiday Inn Express Waikiki went for $205 million; two years later, the Royal Lahaina Resort was sold for $430 million and the Sheraton Kona Resort & Spa at Keauhou Bay for $90 million. Each was acquired by a private equity firm, a type of investment company known for using lots of debt to buy companies and then doing quick flips designed to…

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — About 99% of the 550 young sexual minority Black men who participated in a recent survey reported encountering racialized sexual discrimination while searching for intimate partners online. RSD, also called sexual racism, often manifests as website users expressing preferences for partners of certain races, ethnicities, physical attributes or stereotypical behaviors in their profiles. Accordingly, men of color say that other users often ignore their messages, reject them because of their race or ethnicity and engage in hate speech such as racial slurs. The anonymity of online spaces prompts users to engage in more explicit and virulent racism…

I saw the uninterrupted sunset so many times from my childhood farm in Iowa — where the flat, treeless landscape stretched endlessly — that the pastels sometimes felt monotonous. Now, when I look west at dusk, the land is still flat. But instead of acres of farmland, I’m greeted by blocks of bungalows obstructing my view of the sunset — catching a glimpse of it is a gift. In 2017, my family drove a U-Haul north to pursue city living in St. Paul, Minnesota. Our reaction to the 2016 election — in an Iowa county where more than 65% of…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Independence, African American history and the structures that started it for many will soon light a path to the past in Lexington.  What You Need To Know ‘A Sense of Place’ is a preservation campaign for Lexington’s black hamlets Cadentown is one of 20 other African American properties developed into historic neighborhoods Black hamlets are situated in rural areas that hold public services, buildings, and more The city is partnering with Black community leaders for “A Sense of place” — a brand new plan that will soon recognize and preserve historically Black hamlets. A long-time resident of Cadentown,…

In 1859, a Mrs. H.E. Wilson published a novel at her own expense. The book told the story of a biracial girl named Frado abandoned by her mother to be raised by a prominent family where she suffered verbal and physical abuse at the hand of her employers in a New Hampshire town famous for its abolitionist activities.The novel didn’t sell well – likely less than 100 copies – and the book as well as its author fell into obscurity.“So in 2002, February 2002 there was an article in our paper a reporter wrote Milford’s forgotten daughter. And was the…