environmental racism
After 150 years, Black residents of Sandbranch, Texas, still have no running water
June 25, 2024The residents of this “freedman’s town” can’t drink the water from their taps because it’s too toxic, but county officials say they’re not worth the money it would cost to pipe in water.
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Chicago story shows Poor People’s Campaign participants the power of solidarity
March 31, 2022Oscar Sanchez, a resident of Chicago’s Southeast Side, talks about how to defeat toxic waste dumpers in poor neighborhoods.
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Tale of Two Detroits: Electric vehicle roads for some, oil refineries for others
February 10, 2022One gentrifying neighborhood will get a futuristic road that charges electric cars as they drive, while the other lives with oil refinery pollution.
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