Suffolk County Democrats center environmental justice ahead of Election Day wshu.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wshu.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
There was a homecoming surprise in store for the visiting Silver High Fighting Colts on Friday at Deming High Memorial Stadium. The Wildcats recovered an onside kick on the game’s opening kickoff and quickly turned that into a 7-0 lead. But Silver had an even bigger surprise in store for the Wildcats. The Class 4A program reeled off 29 unanswered points and physically beat down the Class 5A ‘Cats, 29-7, …
Over the weekend, an Earth Day celebration on Long Island urged the Town of Brookhaven to close the landfill in Yaphank. Residents of North Bellport encouraged their community of color to join them in the streets to talk about “environmental racism” in their neighborhood.
About two dozen members of the Brookhaven Landfill Action and Remediation Group are urging Brookhaven Town to "close down and clean up" the landfill, which they say has polluted their mostly minority community.
'Relief, but not a celebration': LIers respond to Chauvin guilty verdict newsday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newsday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Iconic Long Island Black activists pass the torch to the next generation Feb. 25, 2021 1:13 PM Print Email Newsday interviewed eight activists icons who played key roles in the turbulent U.S. civil rights movement, and those of a new generation of advocates and community leaders lending their voices to the current racial reckoning and push for social justice and equality. We asked those activists their views on how the nation is confronting its past and present, and their hopes for the future. Samantha ‘Sam’ Law, activist and advocate “What motivated me to join the current movement of civil rights and social justice was actually a conversation that I had with my youngest son…”