Florida’s Miami-Dade County is considering building the nation’s largest trash incinerator, which has sparked concerns from residents and environmental advocacy groups due to the potential health risks and environmental injustice associated with the facility.
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I Was Two Days Too Young to Vote in 2024
A young person reflects on the disappointment of being unable to vote in the 2024 Presidential Election, but emphasizes the importance of civic engagement and advocacy to create change in their community.
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Word In Black’s Anissa Durham Awarded Prestigious Health Journalism Fellowship
Word In Black health data reporter Anissa Durham has been selected as one of five journalists to receive the 2025 U.S. Health System Reporting Fellowship, awarded by the Association of […]
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Racist Texts Surge Post-Election Against Black Students
by Quintessa Williams This article was originally shared on Word In Black. Just hours after President-elect Donald Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris for the presidency last week, dozens of […]
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This Black Queer Therapist Is Helping Black LGTBQ+ Folks Heal
by Nadira Jamerson It’s no secret that systemic racism exposes Black Americans to more trauma throughout their lifetime. It’s also clear that, with less than 4% of U.S. psychiatrists identifying as […]
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Diddy’s Twins Highlight Students With Jailed Parents
by Quintessa Williams of Word In Black News As Sean “Diddy” Combs, who was recently arrested and charged with sex trafficking and racketeering, sits in federal custody awaiting trial, his three […]
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Inspired by ’60s Asian-Black Solidarity, She Uses Design to Fight Racism
by Renata Sago of Word In Black News In 2019, not long after she graduated from the University of Southern California, Michelle Hanabusa was questioning her identity. Years earlier, a debilitating […]
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Can Freedom Schools Fill Educational Gaps for Black Students?
by Quintessa Williams In the mid-1960s, when the Supreme Court ordered the integration of public schools, states in the Deep South were incensed. Not only did they refuse to comply, but […]
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Darryl George Is Back, and He’s Still Fighting for His Dreadlocks
by Aziah Siid A metro Houston teenager who was suspended from school for refusing to cut his dreadlocks has urged a judge to let him go back to that school so […]
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Half of Black Gay Men Will be Diagnosed With HIV, Despite Preventive Treatments. Why?
Black gay and bisexual men in Iowa face significant barriers to accessing PrEP, including mistrust, stigma, discrimination, inadequate medical insurance, lack of knowledge, and fear of side effects, but public health awareness and education, culturally sensitive educational programs, and free access to PrEP could help address these issues.
