Zinhle Essamuah

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States work to tackle racist text messages sent to Black people nationwide

Nov 8, 2024 | yahoo.com | Char Adams |Zinhle Essamuah |Michael Kosnar |Jean Lee

State attorneys general across the country are urging people to notify the authorities if they received one of the racist text messages sent Wednesday to scores of Black people, telling them they had been “selected” to pick cotton “at the nearest plantation.”They said anyone who received these texts should contact local law enforcement, the FBI, or file complaints with state agencies if they feel threatened.
States work to tackle racist text messages sent to Black people nationwide

Nov 8, 2024 | nbcnews.com | Char Adams |Zinhle Essamuah |Michael Kosnar |Jean Lee

Nov. 8, 2024, 11:29 PM UTCState attorneys general across the country are urging people to notify the authorities if they received one of the racist text messages sent Wednesday to scores of Black people, telling them they had been “selected” to pick cotton “at the nearest plantation.”They said anyone who received these texts should contact local law enforcement, the FBI, or file complaints with state agencies if they feel threatened.
Black people are receiving racist text messages about picking cotton 'at the nearest plantation'

Nov 7, 2024 | yahoo.com | Michelle Cho |Jackie Montalvo |Char Adams |Maya Eaglin |Zinhle Essamuah

Dozens of Black people across the country said they have received text messages telling them they had been “selected” to pick cotton “at the nearest plantation.”The messages came just hours after the polarized presidential election came to a close this week. On Wednesday morning, Monèt Miller, a publicist from Atlanta, was reeling over Donald Trump winning the White House when she received a text message from an unknown phone number.
Black people are receiving racist text messages about picking cotton 'at the nearest plantation'

Nov 7, 2024 | nbcnews.com | Char Adams |Maya Eaglin |Zinhle Essamuah

Nov. 7, 2024, 11:24 PM UTCDozens of Black people across the country said they have received text messages telling them they had been “selected” to pick cotton “at the nearest plantation.”The messages came just hours after the polarized presidential election came to a close this week. On Wednesday morning, Monèt Miller, a publicist from Atlanta, Georgia, was reeling over Donald Trump winning the White House when she received a text message from an unknown phone number.
Black people are receiving racist text messages about picking cotton 'at the nearest plantation'

Nov 7, 2024 | flipboard.com | Char Adams |Maya Eaglin |Zinhle Essamuah

‘You are in Slave Group B’: Racist texts sent to Austin studentsAUSTIN (KXAN) — Racist text messages are popping up across the country and have now made their way to Central Texas. It’s a warning for parents for …
Sickness, pollution and money: Anger mounts over Ghana’s illegal gold mines

Oct 19, 2024 | nbcnews.com | Zinhle Essamuah |Arleen Aguasvivas

Oct. 20, 2024, 9:00 AM UTCACCRA, Ghana— Illegal small-scale gold mining in Ghana has been linked with the destruction of the environment and illness. But for some, the practice known locally as galamsey provides livelihoods and an informal boost to the West African nation’s economy.
REMINDER: Thanks to Trump, Reproductive Health Care Restrictions Threaten Lives in States with Abortion Bans

Oct 3, 2024 | democrats.org | Erika Edwards |Zinhle Essamuah |Jason Kane |Kavitha Surana

On Tuesday during the vice presidential debate between Governor Tim Walz and JD Vance, JD Vance tried to spin Trump’s dangerous, anti-reproductive freedom agenda and deny his support for a national abortion ban. He failed miserably. A reminder: in 2022, Vance said he ‘would like abortion to be illegal nationally’ and was ‘sympathetic’ to a national ban to stop women from traveling across states to get necessary reproductive health care.
REMINDER: Thanks to Ted Cruz, Reproductive Health Care Restrictions Threaten Women and Infants in Texas — Texas Democratic Party

Oct 2, 2024 | texasdemocrats.org | Brigitte Bowen |Erika Edwards |Zinhle Essamuah |Jason Kane

AUSTIN, Texas – Last night during the vice presidential debate between Governor Tim Walz and JD Vance, Walz mentioned Texas’s disturbing spike of infant mortality rates and maternal mortality in Texas after Ted Cruz got Roe v. Wade overturned, letting Texas Republicans pass Senate Bill 8.
Maternal Mortality Increased in Texas Before Abortion Was Banned

Sep 28, 2024 | conservativeangle.com | S Edwards |Zinhle Essamuah

Under the “abortion rights” section of NBC’s website, they have “A dramatic rise in pregnant women dying in Texas after abortion ban”. The article is a summary of an unpublished analysis from the Gender Equity Policy Institute (GEPI). I searched their website and couldn’t find any recent reports related to Texas. I can’t look at their methodology or their results in detail, so I couldn’t say if their analysis makes sense.
A Dramatic Rise in Pregnant Women Dying in Texas After Abortion Ban

Sep 22, 2024 | rsn.org | Erika Edwards |Zinhle Essamuah |Jason Kane

Exclusive analysis finds the rate of maternal deaths in Texas increased 56% from 2019 to 2022, compared with just 11% nationwide during the same time period. The number of women in Texas who died while pregnant, during labor or soon after childbirth skyrocketed following the state’s 2021 ban on abortion care — far outpacing a slower rise in maternal mortality across the nation, a new investigation of federal public health data finds.

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Articles

States work to tackle racist text messages sent to Black people nationwide

States work to tackle racist text messages sent to Black people nationwide

Black people are receiving racist text messages about picking cotton 'at the nearest plantation'

Black people are receiving racist text messages about picking cotton 'at the nearest plantation'

Black people are receiving racist text messages about picking cotton 'at the nearest plantation'

Sickness, pollution and money: Anger mounts over Ghana’s illegal gold mines

REMINDER: Thanks to Trump, Reproductive Health Care Restrictions Threaten Lives in States with Abortion Bans

REMINDER: Thanks to Ted Cruz, Reproductive Health Care Restrictions Threaten Women and Infants in Texas — Texas Democratic Party

Maternal Mortality Increased in Texas Before Abortion Was Banned

A Dramatic Rise in Pregnant Women Dying in Texas After Abortion Ban

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