FLINT, Mich. (AP) — An agreement has been reached to get more services to Flint children who were exposed to lead in drinking water.
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When a ‘Diva’ Is Diagnosed | The Atlantic
Will Mariah Carey’s battle with bipolar II disorder make people reevaluate how they’ve talked about her behavior?
View MoreLaila Ali Partners with TIAA on “Difference Maker 100” Initiative | The Network Journal
Giving back is something that comes naturally to retired (and undefeated) professional boxer-turned-entrepreneur Laila Ali.
View MoreWhat Makes a Greeting Card Black? | The New York Times
In 1991 the Hallmark greeting card company, based in Kansas City, Mo., decided it was time to get serious about diversity. America was changing, as was Hallmark’s work force, and while the brand had dabbled in cards for black consumers since the 1960s, it didn’t have a perennial line that addressed them directly.
View More‘Breaking’ Presents: Juliana ‘Jewels’ Smith, Educator-Turned-Comic Writer | Colorlines
The Bay Area resident, inspired by how comics connected with her community college students, developed “(H)afrocentric” to address structural and economic racism in a funny and accessible way.
View MoreMichigan to Stop Distributing Free Bottled Water in Flint | Colorlines
Many of the city’s residents do not trust—or use—what comes out of their tap.
View MoreAfter 73 years, the remains of a Tuskegee airman lost over Europe may have been found | Washington Post
There are 27 Tuskegee Airmen missing from the war…
View MoreWatch the Electrifying Conclusion of Dr. King’s Final Speech | Colorlines
King celebrated the ongoing fight for social and racial equity during his famed “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech in Memphis.
View MoreNat Geo Developing ‘Hidden Figures’ Scripted Series | Colorlines
The series draws from the Oscar-nominated movie about the Black women whose mathematical expertise made some of NASA’s earliest missions possible.
View MoreThe Report on Race That Shook America | The Atlantic
It came out in 1968—yet little has changed since the Kerner Commission denounced “white racism.”
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