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New York City Audubon changes name to distance itself from racist namesake

NYC Bird Alliance dropped name of 19th-century conservationist and abolition opponent John James Audubon

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Audubon faces a backlash after deciding to keep name that evokes a racist enslaver

Three board members resigned after the National Audubon Society rejected calls to change its name. Some local groups are renaming themselves anyway.

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Bird Union drops Audubon name to distance from namesake’s racist past

Two Audubon Society chapters and the union formerly know as Audubon for All are severing the name of the white supremacist

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'The right thing to do': How a darkened Philly skyline has helped save birds

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia lies in a major path for millions of birds navigating the Atlantic Flyway, an especially busy avian skyway each spring.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Chicagoans respond to property tax hikes, R. Kelly’s new trial request denied and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Audubon Society calls for a name change, moving away from ties to naturalist

The Chicago Audubon Society, an environmental organization, wants to cut associations with John Audubon, a naturalist who engaged in ‘scientific racism.’

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Hypocritical’: environmental groups blocking union efforts, US workers say

A wave of unionization has swept the non-profit sector – but workers say they are experiencing aggressive opposition and retaliation

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Better buildings for the birds

Nearly 1 billion birds die annually in building collisions. Advocates say it's time to change that.

Axios

New atlas of bird migration shows extraordinary journeys

A new online atlas of bird migration draws from an unprecedented number of scientific and community data sources to illustrate the routes of about 450 bird species in the Americas

The Independent UK

Have the past misdeeds of John James Audubon come home to roost?

It was a risk that likely was not perceived back in 1886, when Forest and Stream magazine editor George Bird Grinnell, distraught over the mass slaughter of birds, decided to name his new organization after one of the most noted artists and naturalists of his time, John James Audubon.

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Seattle Audubon will change its name, severing tie to slave owner

SEATTLE — The Seattle chapter of the National Audubon Society has a new logo, at least for now: it is an elegant yellow bird, a pelagic cormorant to be exact, with a paintbrush in its beak and the word "Audubon" crossed out.

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