Rasheed Wallace Proclaims Flint is a ‘Third-World Country’
Retired NBA player Rasheed Wallace shared his frustrations concerning the Flint water crisis in Michigan. For the past two years, Flint residents have been forced to boil water to use because their water supply is contaminated with lead. “I saw a third-world country inside the United States,” said Wallace, who donated bottled water to the city. “I just saw the horrible news, about how the government had put people at risk for the sake of saving money, and I knew I needed to help.”
Solange’s Album Promotes Black Life
Singer Solange’s critically acclaimed album “A Seat At The Table” was praised for its exploration of the Black experience. Songs like “Cranes in the Sky” and “Don’t Touch My Hair” thrust such narratives to the forefront. But the singer was equally political outside of music, announcing she would open an account at a Black-owned bank in wake of the police brutality incidents this summer, and she may have been a catalyst for the Bank Black effort.
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