The city approved rate changes for permits, water, sewer, and trash collection, and the city accountant reviewed the budget.
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How the Red Cross is handling COVID-19 during disasters
We spoke with Brad Kieserman about the organization’s plans to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
Posted inAppalachia, COVID-19, Food & Agriculture, Kentucky, Public Health, Uncategorized
How a federal program is filling an education gap for rural migrant students during the pandemic
Many migrant workers and their families rely on the Migrant Education Program to help students access school work. The pandemic has made it even more challenging.
Posted inAtlantic Coast, Florida, Food & Agriculture, Gulf Coast, Justice, Uncategorized
The fruits of their labor
UF is just one of many public universities in Southern states that use prison labor in agricultural programs and on other parts of campus, or rely on products made by incarcerated people. Students and activists have pressured universities and companies to end these programs for years, but data on how public universities use prison labor is scarce.
Posted inClimate, Disaster Recovery, Food & Agriculture, Immigration, Justice, North Carolina, Uncategorized
Without emergency alerts in Spanish, Latino immigrants in rural North Carolina can’t prepare for storms
Each hurricane season, eastern North Carolina braces for the worst. But emergency planning, response and recovery efforts neglect a major marginalized population: rural Latinos.
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