By Talia Whyte
The Grio
The NAACP announced during its convention last week that it has joined the online revolution with its new effort to address the problem of unreported cases of police brutality. Its new Rapid Response System (RSS) was launched July 6, allowing users to report police abuse by sending text messages, emails or video of an incident to the organizations by cell phone or through its website.
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By Talia Whyte
The Grio
The proposed green economy also provides potential job opportunities to address environmental injustices in urban communities, such as alleviating lead and asbestos in housing, monitoring water and air quality and developing other green construction initiatives. Urban green employment should also be seen as a priority to help those who are chronically unemployed – ex-offenders.
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By Talia Whyte
The Grio
It’s summer, and now is the time when Americans want to catch up on their favorite authors on the beach. It has become more common these days for people to purchase their books online, at chain bookstores or, if you are really “with it,” download ebooks into the Kindle. However, before you go out to get the latest book from the New York Times bestselling list or Oprah’s book club at any of the above outlets mentioned, consider supporting your local, independent book store first.
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By Talia Whyte
The Grio
Access to healthy food is one of those issues that anyone – no matter their racial, ethnic, geographic or political stripes – can agree upon, simply because everyone has to eat. When most Americans think of food insecurity, they will immediately think of famine in some nameless country in the developing world. But rarely do Americans think of the food injustices happening in their own backyard.
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