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Knock on Wood: How Europe's wood pellet appetite fuels environmental racism in the South

by Danielle Purifoy October 5, 2020September 27, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Sweet (and sticky) redemption

by Maurice Bailey & Nik Heynen September 29, 2020September 27, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

John Lewis fought for equal protection. That means tackling pollution, poverty, and policing.

by YVETTE CABRERA FOR GRIST August 28, 2020November 21, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Too heartbreaking to leave, too expensive to stay. More than 802,000 homes are at risk of climate disaster—mostly in the South.

by Xander Peters August 7, 2020November 21, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Filming the end of a town: Environmental racism and abolition

by Alysia Nicole Harris June 29, 2020February 10, 2021
Posted inARTS & SOUL, RACE & PLACE

Breathing while Black in Mossville, Louisiana

by Danielle Purifoy June 18, 2020September 27, 2023
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(Past) Virtual event—Breathing While Black: Fighting environmental racism in the South

by Scalawag Team June 18, 2020October 9, 2020
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Ballad of a Land Man: Kentucky theatre takes on fracking

by Kim Kobersmith June 3, 2020September 16, 2020
Posted inRACE & PLACE

For Black North Birmingham residents fighting toxic pollution, staying home isn't safe

by Katherine Webb-Hehn April 20, 2020October 1, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

'Working sick'—Kentucky miners fight black lung regulations

by Austyn Gaffney March 2, 2020September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

North Carolina's hog industry could turn a corner—for better or worse

by Ryke Longest February 28, 2020September 27, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

On Blackness and bad weather

by Ishmael Bishop February 17, 2020September 27, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Gulf South communities say climate justice requires new economic systems

by Emily Carmichael February 11, 2020September 27, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Nuclear waste in Paducah, Kentucky poses extra threat to region facing historic flooding

by Austyn Gaffney December 4, 2019September 27, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Appalachia is transitioning from coal. Here's what the region could learn from Germany.

by Katherine Webb-Hehn October 16, 2019September 27, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

What Petrocaribe can teach the Green New Deal

by Claire Ravenscroft October 7, 2019September 27, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

For 30 years, Georgia and Florida have been fighting over water

by Haisten Willis September 30, 2019September 27, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

'You will die of old age. I will die of climate change.'

by Austyn Gaffney September 30, 2019September 16, 2020
Posted inRACE & PLACE

'Can You Imagine People Ignoring All This If We Were White?'

by Katherine Webb-Hehn September 30, 2019November 2, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Residents of an Alabama superfund site say it's not their responsibility to be watchdogs

by Katherine Webb-Hehn September 2, 2019September 16, 2020
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Green From Below

by Zaina Alsous June 24, 2019September 27, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Dangerous conditions may exist in this area

by Katherine Webb-Hehn June 24, 2019September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

How environmental justice is shaping a new civil rights movement in the South

by Katherine Webb-Hehn June 10, 2019September 27, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

In Photos: Battle on the Bayou

by Taliesin Gilkes-Bower March 11, 2019October 1, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Fighting climate gentrification with a radical community garden

by Maria Esquinca February 25, 2019September 27, 2022
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Lingering long after a storm, mold and mental health issues

by Lewis Raven Wallace January 28, 2019September 27, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Poor southerners are joining the globe's climate migrants

by Lewis Raven Wallace January 21, 2019September 27, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Saving Climate Changelandia

by Katherine Webb-Hehn December 12, 2018September 27, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

The Water Next Time?

by Danielle Purifoy October 10, 2018October 1, 2020
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Southern Floods: a regional look

by Matt Whitt October 1, 2018October 4, 2021

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