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#Trump-appointed judge also said #Americans have no “constitutional right to truthful information”


City of Jackson, #Mississippi which alleged the city knowingly let residents drink #lead #contaminated #water.

At least nine US states, and in more than a dozen other countries, clean drinking water is in fact a protected right

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/09/drinking-water-mississippi-lawsuit/

#dictatorship #health #poison #DemocracyNOW


Today in Labor History August 4, 1964: Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney were found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21. They were activists with the Congress of Racial Equality promoting voting registration among African Americans. Seven Klu Klux Klan members, including Deputy Sheriff Price, were convicted.

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #racism #kkk #KuKluxKlan #CivilRights #core #mississippi #murder
Missing persons poster created by the FBI in 1964, signed by the Director J. Edgar Hoover. Shows the photographs of Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner. By Federal Bureau of Investigation - Federal Bureau of Investigation, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19407768