The people of Flint are finally getting some justice. The state of Michigan is dishing out $US600 ($836) million in settlement dollars for victims of the water crisis that exposed the city of nearly 100,000 to unhealthy levels of lead in their drinking water.
Nearly 800 monuments celebrating the Confederacy stand in public spaces across the U.S. today. A growing number of these racist monuments are being covered in trash bags, spray painted, and beheaded as protests against police violence expand. Others have been toppled or removed altogether.
Yessenia Funes on Earther, shared by Cheryl Eddy to io9
When kids are in school, they need a fair amount of peace and quiet to succeed. Literally. Noise is a health hazard, according to the World Health Organisation. And a recent study shows how students of colour are more likely to face high exposure to road or aviation noise while…