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Volunteers carry bottles of water at a drinking water distribution site in the city of Jackson, Mississippi, after pumps at the water treatment plant failed, leading to the emergency distribution of bottled water and tanker trucks for 180,000 people, in Jackson, Mississippi, U.S., September 2, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Nation Sep 16

Decades of systemic racism seen as root of Jackson Mississippi water crisis

By Drew Costley, Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

Arts Aug 29

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Painting a vibrant picture of Brooklyn in the tumultuous 1970s

“Another Brooklyn,” by Jacqueline Woodson, is not a typical coming-of-age novel. It takes place in Brooklyn in the 1970s, an environment in which drugs were ubiquitous, white flight was on the rise and young girls of color relied on each…

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Nation Mar 07

Data shows how major U.S. cities are slowly re-segregating

New research from Sociological Science suggests that white flight has been replaced with white avoidance, contributing to gradual re-segregation of American cities.

By Kenya Downs

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