Month: July 2019

The University of Colorado’s Innocence Project got a boost and a new name with a $190,000 donation from Korey Wise, a man exonerated in New York City’s high-profile Central Park jogger case.

Source: Korey Wise Of “Central Park Five” Donates $190,000 to Help Fight Wrongful Convictions – GOOD BLACK NEWS

This year’s recognition of Juneteenth was made particularly celebratory in Pennsylvania Wednesday when Gov. Tom Wolf declared it a holiday in the state.

Source: Juneteenth Declared a State Holiday In Pennsylvania

‘The public face of white supremacy is decidedly male. Today’s headlines focus relentless attention on the men holding the flaming torches, the men who bomb synagogues, and the men leading the alt-right. It can be easy to overlook women’s allegiance to the same ideology.’

Source: The gendered history of white supremacy | Amy Murrell Taylor

In the biggest blow he’s dealt to the renewable energy industry yet, President Donald Trump decided on Monday to slap tariffs on imported solar panels.

The U.S. will impose duties of as much as 30 percent on solar equipment made abroad, a move that threatens to handicap a $28 billion industry that relies on parts made abroad for 80 percent of its supply. Just the mere threat of tariffs has shaken solar developers in recent months, with some hoarding panels and others stalling projects in anticipation of higher costs. The Solar Energy Industries Association has projected tens of thousands of job losses in a sector that employed 260,000.

Source: President Donald Trump Imposes 30% Tariffs on Solar Panels | Time

Doctors thought this patient might need psychiatric help — until an x-ray revealed she’d been forcibly implanted with an RFID chip for trafficking.

Source: They Thought She Was Crazy: Doctor Extracts RFID Chip from Sex Trafficking Victim

For the last 5 decades, every year has been 1959 for Frank Lawrence. For the majority of his life, Lawrence has been trying to solve one of Arkansas’ greatest mysteries.

Source: Never Forget: 69 Black Boys Were Padlocked Into A Dormitory Where A Mysterious Fired Started – 21 Burned To Death – Black Main Street

Increasing the Earth’s forests by an area the size of the United States would cut atmospheric carbon dioxide 25 percent.

Source: How to erase 100 years of carbon emissions? Plant trees—lots of them.