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Veterans With PTSD

Veterans With PTSD Black IT Consultant Leaves His Job, Creates Powerful Mental Technology That Helps Veterans With PTSD Gerard Nguedi is a highly educated African American man from Cameroon who was diagnosed with PTSD in 2016 after being repeatedly assaulted by the police for no reason. His father was a military man all of his Read More…

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Astroworld Disaster, a Reckoning for Music Festivals

Astroworld Disaster, a Reckoning for Music Festivals Flowers are seen outside of the canceled Astroworld festival at Houston’s NRG Park on November 7, 2021.Alex Bierens de Haan/Getty When the music started, the crowd of 50,000-plus festivalgoers surged forward. Those in front of the stage found themselves pinned against metal barriers, unable to raise their arms Read More…

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SCHOOLS

Schools faced with D and F Students are ditching the old way of grading A few years ago, high school teacher Joshua Moreno got fed up with his grading system, which had become a points game. Some students accumulated so many points early on that by the end of the term they knew they didn’t Read More…

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ENVIRONMENTAL

ENVIRONMENTAL FOR BLACK & BROWN COMMUNITIES: Why Residents Pushed Back Against Tree-Planting Detroiters were refusing city-sponsored “free trees.” A researcher found out the problem: She was the first person to ask them if they wanted them. A landmark report conducted by University of Michigan environmental sociologist Dorceta Taylor in 2014 warned of the “arrogance” of Read More…