Apr. 11—A letter to our readers, listeners and viewers: Diversity has always been a part of New Hampshire. Today, our state's diversity is deepening and it's becoming even more vital to the health of our state's economy, our institutions and our cities and towns. Simply, our state's success will rely in many ways on the decisions we make today regarding communities of color, equity and .
If the administration takes a typical inside-the-beltway approach to implementing the Justice40 Initiative, people with money, connections and lobbyists will take advantage of the situation to pad their own bank accounts and cement their own power. The communities that are supposed to benefit will once again lose out.
But if the administration centers communities already dealing with the effects of dirty energy and climate change by adapting and creating solutions that work for everyone, then the Justice40 Initiative could be the most important living legacy of the Biden-Harris administration.
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Let’s be clear: 40 percent is not justice, because these communities have endured disinvestment and environmental degradation for generations. But it is a critical starting point. So, let’s start by meeting a few of the community groups innovating solutions on the front lines of the climate crisis:
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In the past three months, Americans have become collectively obsessed with shots of shots. Photos featuring the humble deltoid that meaty muscle that swaddles the upper arm, newly famous as the injection site for all three currently cleared COVID-19 vaccines have been flooding Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and even Tinder. After a year of misery and chaos, they’re digital proof of the relief and elation that comes with boosted immunity; they’re a rallying cry for others, including those who might be wary, to join in. Individual vaccinations, normally an intimate affair, have become a public spectacle.
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