Rights, Health, and the Fight for Truth: Stories Shaping Black America

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Voting Rights & Election Integrity

From Jemar Tisby | @jemartisby.bsky.social

Everything You Were Never Taught About the Voting Rights Act.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/zPGnfXdNriI?rel=0

From the Tennessee Tribune

Shelby County election officials investigate incomplete ballots reported at early voting site.

Shelby County election officials investigate incomplete ballots reported at early voting site

Public Health & Misinformation

From The Emancipator | @theemancipator.org

With Immigrants Disproportionately Low Income, Study Debunks Narratives that Immigrants Abuse Public Benefits.

New Research: Immigrants Use Less Public Programs Than Citizens

From Elizabeth Booker Houston | @bookersquared.bsky.social

Houston debunks RFK Jr.'s claims about vaccines causing autism.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/zSD_gjdg8iI?rel=0

Black Women's Health & Wellbeing

From TheGrio

Dominique Dillon, a newscaster at Fox 13 Memphis who fell asleep on air, is bringing to light the sleep-deprivation crisis Black moms face.

Dominique Dillon didn’t just fall asleep on live TV — she exposed a crisis befalling Black mothers

Environmental Justice

From MLK50 | @mlk50.com

Air should be weightless, invisible, life-giving — but in Boxtown, air carries the weight of pollution and a history of resistance.

The Weight of Air