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In this Feb. 22, 2021 photo, Doris Devine in Jackson, Mississippi, stores containers with potable water provided by Jackson councilman and state Rep. De Keither Stamps in her tub. With no water pressure, the water will be used to flush the toilet. (Photo: Rogelio V. Solis, AP)
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Right now, Calandra Davis’ water pressure is too low to take a shower. When she turns on her sinks, the water comes out at a slow trickle. For weeks, she’s had to bathe herself and her 6-year-old son with water from store-bought bottles. Like all residents of Jackson, Mississippi, she’s also been on a boil-water notice for a week due to high turbidity. But in many ways, she feels lucky.
Above: A photograph by Vanessa Charlot from TRNK’s “Resistance::Resilience” exhibition.
This Black History Month, TRNK founder Tariq Dixon wanted to use his platform to directly address the Black Lives Matter protests of summer 2020 and to imagine a way that he, as a Black retailer and the head of a design studio, could affect change. The result is the latest installment of the TRNK Editions art series, “Resistance::Resilience,” a collection of photographic and mixed-media works that aim to contextualize the history of Black activism in the United States.
The exhibition brings together diverse perspectives on protest and its implications for the Black American experience from the likes of Amandla Baraka, Gregory Prescott, and Quan Brinson; the works are available framed and unframed, starting at $150 each, with 25 percent of sales throughout the year benefiting the Black Youth Project 100, a member-based organization of Black youth activists. We spoke with Dixon about th
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This week, Mississippi is experiencing unprecedented freezing conditions resulting from ice storms that blasted through the U.S. South. In addition to being unaccustomed to the freezing rain, ice, and snow, thousands of Mississippians suffering rolling blackouts and power outages, unheated homes and water shutoffs, have been left to fend for themselves.
Starting Feb 15, at least 250,000 Mississippians have lost power at some point during the week; counties in the southwest to east central Mississippi are primarily impacted. About 110,000 people were still without power on Feb. 19 in the morning. Almost all of the residents of the state’s capital city, Jackson, are without water. City officials have reported lacking the necessary chemicals to treat the water, and that the distribution system is overwhelmed.
41 Chicago monuments under review for possible removal; city launches website seeking feedback
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CHICAGO (WLS) Chicago is reviewing 41 statues to determine if they should be removed. It s part of an effort launched after the removal of the Christopher Columbus statue in Grant Park last summer. The public can add their input as well.
They are monuments to our past that some say offer an incomplete or false narrative of history. Now the city of Chicago is beginning a process to review 41 monuments on city property and recommend next steps. We couldn t do this work without a rich public dialogue, this is about a Democratic process, said Mark Kelly, Commissioner of Chicago s Dept. of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.