Safiya Charles
@imsafiyacharles
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Ida B. Wells fellow @TypeInvestigate reporting on the impact of USDA policies on Black farmers. Former: @TheCounter, @MGMAdvertiser, @newrepublic, @thenation
Montgomery, Alabama
Joined September 2019
Pamela Rush exposed the injustice of poverty in rural Alabama. Ultimately it stole her life.
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After a last-ditch lawsuit is filed in Texas, Black farmers wait to learn the fate of USDA’s imperiled debt relief program
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RT @TheCounter: Take the time for this great piece from @propublica, on the complicated tensions between well-intentioned white conservatio…
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RT @TheCounter: #THREAD: The hype over hemp made many Black farmers wonder if they could increase their small farms’ profits—or odds of sur…
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Some personal news: Today is my first day @TheCounter as their first-ever Future of Farming fellow. Excited and honored to be covering the movement around justice for Black farmers.
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Montgomery Public Schools to receive nearly $130 million from American Rescue Plan
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RT @ChabeliH: Our country has never invested in home care workers. In fact, it's worked hard to exclude them from min wage, overtime rules…
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RT @lyman_brian: Good piece touching on the challenges of vaccinations in Alabama and Mississippi. #alpolitics
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RT @rachelswarns: In 2016, I received an email that knocked me off my feet. It was a tip about Jesuit priests who sold 272 people in 1838 t…
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RT @lyman_brian: Alabama House has what promises to be a contentious calendar today. It includes bills banning on transgender youth playing…
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RT @skbaer: New: The sheriff's official who said the Atlanta spa shooter had "a bad day" shared an image of T-shirts that said "Covid 19 IM…
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RT @lyman_brian: Good @imsafiyacharles piece: "All too often, critics say, U.S. students are met with an education system that elides discu…
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RT @itsmelissabrown: What will happen when Alabama's mask mandate expires? We'll return to piecemeal mask requirements. Businesses today…
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RT @itsmelissabrown: 'A frustrated rebel': On this day in 1955, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin arrested on Montgomery bus
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RT @lyman_brian: New from me($): In 1944, New York attorney and Montgomery native Arthur Madison launched a voting drive in his home city.…
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RT @EMontNews: I couldn't make it past this sentence because the only thing that saved me was support from a family I barely knew. "When a…
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Farmers are aging, and many are having a hard time finding young people to replace them. Nationally, the average age of a farm operator is 57½ years old. But almost half of Black farmers are 65 and older.
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RT @BetoORourke: We made over 151,000 calls to senior citizens in Texas tonight. One of our vols talked to a man stranded at home w/out pow…
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