This Nationwide Heatwave is Hitting Black Folks The Hardest...Because Racism
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The country is grappling with a devastating heat wave that has reached historic highs this summer. For example, California’s Death Valley reached a temperature of 127 degrees on Friday (July 5). If the temperature there crosses 130 degrees, it will break the record for hottest temperature ever “reliably measured on…