November 29, 2022 Yvonne A. Taylor, Advance Woman of Achievement and founding member of Sandy Ground Historical Society, dies at 88 By Jessica Jones-Gorman | jgorman@siadvance.com Yvonne Taylor stands on the steps of Rossville AME Zion Church where she was wed in...
www.the A1.org By Haili Blassengame ofhttps://the1a.org/segments/water-week-access-to-clean-drinking-water/ Human beings start their days with water. A warm shower. Brushing teeth. Washing faces. The more than two million Americans who live without running water,...
Environmental justice advocate Yvette Jordan knows firsthand that there’s power in speaking up. In 2018, Yvette discovered that her drinking water in Newark, New Jersey—where she lives and teaches high school—was contaminated with sky-high levels of lead. In fact,...
If you sat in on one of Yvette Jordan’s high school history or social justice classes, you might hear her pleading with students. Not asking them to be quiet, but urging them to speak up. Even if it’s over something that seems simple. Often, their reply is, “Ms....
ABC NEWS November 7, 2021 By DAVID PORTER Associated Press An ambitious program to replace thousands of residential lead water lines in New Jersey’s largest city is about to be completed years ahead of schedule NEWARK, N.J. — On a recent sun-drenched...
Jacobin Magazine September 13, 2021. By Liza Featherstone A major socialist-led grassroots campaign is underway to pass Jamaal Bowman’s Green New Deal for Public Schools — a strategically savvy measure that combines forthright climate action with large-scale...
NRDC 2020 Annual Report May, 2021 SHORTLY AFTER SUING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT earlier this year for its do-nothing update to the Lead and Copper Rule-the outdated federal protection meant to keep lead out of drinking water-NRDC saw a victory in our ongoing city-level...
By Star-Ledger Editorial Board May 2, 2021 President Joe Biden has called to replace 100 percent of the country’s lead pipes as part of his American Jobs Plan, to prevent the toxic chemical from flaking off into our drinking water. Cities should take a page from...
The Economist April 17th 2021 edition United States For two years the streets of Newark have been a mess. Residents endured road closures and loud noise. New Jersey’s largest city has been replacing 18,500 dangerous lead service pipelines, more than half of all those...
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