The Peoria NAACP has established a special account to fund coverage of diversity issues by central Illinois writers. The goal is to increase coverage of often-untold stories that cut through stereotypes and more accurately depict history, explain institutional racism and…
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National Sierra Club president: Conflating coal industry with jobs is a “false trick”
by Clare Howard • • Comments Off on National Sierra Club president: Conflating coal industry with jobs is a “false trick”
The national president of the Sierra Club said at the annual meeting of the state conference of the NAACP held in Peoria that attempting to protect the coal industry because it provides jobs is a shortsighted argument based on a…