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Two Years After Eric Garner, Here We Are Again

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Over the course of the last week, NewsOne was forced to revisit our gallery that lists the shooting deaths of Black men killed during police encounters, to add the names of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, while also documenting the two-year anniversary of Eric Garner’s death.

Two Years After Eric Garner, Here We Are Again

Two Years After the Tennessee Spill, Coal Ash Still Pollutes Nationwide

A pond in Meigs County contaminated with coal ash Image: Elisa Young/Meigs Citizens Action Now! Elisa Young became active against coal when she started wondering what was making people in her town so sick. She lives in Racine, a town in Meigs County, Ohio, which is not near any major cities, but is near several major power plants. Four plants are located within 12 miles from her farm—although there is a push to open more—and there’s coal ash everywhere. So she started to put two and two together. We’re approaching the two-year anniversary of the

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Two Years After the Tennessee Spill, Coal Ash Still Pollutes Nationwide