America's deadliest industrial disaster killed mostly Black men — which is exactly why you have never heard its name. Hawk's Nest Tunnel. West Virginia, 1930.
Thousands of Depression-desperate workers — roughly two-thirds of them Black migrants — were sent to drill a three-mile tunnel through a mountain of nearly pure silica, DRY, without masks, for a Union Carbide project. Dry drilling filled the shafts with glass-fine dust. The companies knew what silica did to lungs.
Men began dying within MONTHS — silicosis, suffocation from inside. Modern epidemiology puts the toll at roughly 764 dead.
Some who died were buried in unmarked graves — dozens in a farmer's cornfield, so the pace of death wouldn't slow the digging.
I’m not just a number.A father from northern Gaza.
Metal plates in my legs.
Three times a week I clean the wounds — money that should feed my kids.This morning I held their hands and said: “Tomorrow will be better.”I’m not asking for a miracle.
Just a little help for food and medicine.If this reaches you, please share or support.
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Namanya Mata. Ia salah satu dari banyak hewan yang menjadi korban dari kejahatan korporasi seperti Wilmar, PepsiCo, dll. Rumahnya dicuri oleh makhluk Tuhan yg bernama "MANUSIA".
Allah berfirman dalam hadis qudsinya, "Wahai manusia, kau akan disakiti sebagaimana kau telah menyakiti makhluk lainnya!". (Al-Ghazali, Al-Mawaidz Fi Al-Ahadits Al-Qudsiyyah)
The little boy went out in search of water to quench his thirst, but never returned alive.
4 year old child Salam Hassan Taha was killed in israeli strikes on Al-Zuwaydeh, central Gaza Strip.
The bullying Sila faces because of her injury and curved spine hurts her more than you can imagine. 💔
She is a child who never chose her condition or what happened to her. All she needs is treatment and compassion, not cruel words or mockery.
Please be kind to Sila. She deserves to live her childhood with dignity and safety. 🤍
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Just a reminder as Trump tries to cancel the midterms, we had elections during the Great Depression, World War I, World War II, and the Civil War. War is not an excuse to cancel an election.
William Nicholas Love, 33, has been arrested during the wild confrontation outside Minneapolis City Hall with racists.
There's has been a gofundme already posted for his bail and court fees.