East Palestine, Ohio Mayor Trent Conaway wielding a National Justice Party bullhorn.
East Palestine, Ohio Mayor Trent Conaway wielding a National Justice Party bullhorn.
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It’s nearly April: The time for rain. As I write, there is a drenching downpour in my neck of the woods that has lasted all day. Being forced indoors for a spell has allowed me to reflect upon white advocacy at the end of 2023’s first quarter. (more…)
East Palestine, Ohio on the night of February 3.
East Palestine, Ohio on the night of February 3.
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We are all East Palestinians now.
As always, it will take months and years and decades and possibly centuries to sift the hype from the facts about what happened in this remote little nearly all-white town in eastern Ohio that sits only 21 miles from the rotted-out deindustrialized city of Youngstown, Ohio and a mere 52 miles from the rotted-out deindustrialized city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (more…)
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A train carrying vinyl chloride, a toxic chemical used to make plastic pipes, cable coating, and packaging, derailed in East Palestine, Ohio on February 3, spilling five tankers full of the substance. Emergency crews burned the remaining contents to prevent an explosion, prompting an evacuation of over 2,000 residents. (more…)