For Black Farmers Who Choose Justice When the USDA is Not Enough “I’ve been discriminated against ever since 1956,” said Bernard Bates, one of Acres of Ancestry’s Black legacy farmers. Iris M. Crawford Jul 28, 2021 12:10PM EDT
Soaring Temperatures Pose Dangerous Risks to Low-Income, Vulnerable Communities A May study concluded that communities of color across the U.S. are nearly twice as exposed as white people to something called the “urban heat island effect,” reports TIME and Nature. Shanii Saxon Jul 9, 2021 9:46AM EDT
Georgia’s Black Wall Street Gets an Urban Makeover A city planner unveils the vision that will revitalize the Greenwood Bottom community. Iris M. Crawford Jul 6, 2021 12:19PM EDT
Cleveland’s Plan for Climate Justice Could be a Model for the Rest of the Country The city seeks federal support in order to address its top climate action priorities: “housing, transit and trees,” NPR reports. Shani Saxon Jun 23, 2021 12:49PM EDT
Pay up: Now is the Time for Bold Investment in Environmental Justice Groups [Op-Ed] Two environmental justice leaders in the Midwest offer solutions to the Biden-Harris Administration. Huda Alkaff and Donele Wilkins Jun 4, 2021 11:16AM EDT
Michigan Agrees to Pay $600 Million to Victims of Flint Water Poisoning The state reportedly reached an agreement to pay the tens of thousands of people exposed to lead-contaminated drinking water for close to two years. Shani Saxon Aug 20, 2020 12:45PM EDT
