Mr. Fears got our attention with his excellent coverage of Marsha Coleman-Adebayo and her No Fear Act saga. He also did an excellent job in chronicling the final days of Damu Smith, a legend in the environmental justice movement who died of colon cancer in 2006. We noted during these episodes that these vitally important environmental issues and people would not have received coverage in The Washington Post if Mr. Fears had not stepped up to the plate. Environmental reporters for The Washington Post simply did not cover environmental issues that involved Black people. Of course, with the election of President Obama and with Lisa P. Jackson as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Post environmental reporters were forced to start including blacks in their coverage.
Darryl Fears |
Before arriving at The Post, Fears worked for the Los Angeles Times, Atlanta Journal Constitution and Detroit Free Press. He is a graduate of Howard University. (The Washington Post, DC Wire)
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The US Fish and Wildlife Service should deputize and train volunteer citizens to help locate and arrest criminals involved in the ivory trade. Our country has a history of enlisting citizens help fight crime when there is a shortage of paid staff. Let concerned citizens be the eyes, ears and hands needed to Ban Ivory Save Elephants.
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