Prince George’s County Public Schools in Maryland announced Tuesday night that schools would be closed on Wednesday. Approximately 1,700 teachers, and 30 percent of the transportation staff, requested leave to observe “A Day Without a Woman” a strike created to coincide with International Women’s Day. Women’s March organizers have encouraged…
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Archived: Flint II Lawsuit Follows Plans to Build 5th Power Plant in Black Neighborhood
The practice of environmental racism in Maryland is now reaching the legal system. The state is facing a civil rights lawsuit after approving plans to build a fifth power plant in the unincorporated town of Brandywine, a majority-Black town located in Prince George’s County that already struggles with problems related…