An essential read for Black History Month: Blavity explores the Civil Rights history of Black literacy and librarianship with UNC librarian and documentary producer Rodney Freeman. Stay tuned for Rodney's upcoming documentary, "Are You a Librarian? The Untold Story of Black Librarians," which will be released in Philadelphia this June.
Read MoreIn a small, majority Black town in Mississippi, residents are sounding the alarm on Drax – the owner of a local wood-pellet plant – for exposing them to dangerous levels of air pollution.
The Drax factory has been fined for exceeding its air-pollution permits, but still received federal subsidies to build more wood-pellet plants across the South.
Despite claims that burning wood pellets for power is climate-friendly, studies show it produces more greenhouse gasses than coal.
Read MoreThe 19th News Exclusive: The Fund for Frontline Power – a groundbreaking new model for climate philanthropy – announces its first $5 million in grants to 48 climate justice organizations across the country. Funding decisions are made by F4FP’s governing body, which is made up of grassroots climate justice leaders. The Solutions Project, the Climate Justice Alliance, and the People’s Climate Innovation Center co-created the fund to accelerate the “solidarity philanthropy” movement, where funders work in solidarity with grassroots leaders rather than making top-down decisions. The fund is supported by environmental foundations, big green groups, the sports industry, and the company Seventh Generation.
Read MoreDion Dawson is a Chicago native who experienced homelessness & food insecurity both as a child & as a military veteran. Now, he runs a nonprofit – called Dion’s Chicago Dream – that feeds over 600 Chicagoland families in need so they don’t have to go hungry like he did. Watch Dion’s moving story on the TODAY show.
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