Tag: communities of color
“Voices being ignored”: Regulators fail to enforce water-pollution laws in communities...
"For communities already facing severe burdens due to racism, social conditions, and/or environmental and health hazards, the inability to turn on a tap and receive clean, safe water is particularly devastating—and unjust."
Intelligence thieves: How toxic pollutants are robbing communities of color
In her new book, author and ethicist Harriet Washington unearths one of the most overlooked aspects of environmental racism.
New study shows communities of color disproportionately affected by air pollution
“What this study shows is what communities of color across the region have long understood—that they are unfairly exposed to higher levels of pollution."
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Hate speech arrest of ex-US official sparks wider conversation on Islamophobia and anti-Arab sentiment
A clash of prejudice and justice: exposing the underbelly of racial and religious intolerance in America.
COP28 president caught in oil lobbying scandal: Secretly pushes fossil fuel agenda amidst climate...
This conflict of interest, uncovered through an investigation by the Center for Climate Reporting (CCR), raises serious questions about the integrity of the UN climate summit leadership.
Our rich: fooling themselves and fouling our planet
Electric air taxis aren’t going to save the world. Really taxing the rich, on the other hand, could.
Surging hunger in the US signals alarming trend as food aid cuts take toll
As vital food aid programs expire, millions of Americans face rising hunger challenges, reveals Hunger Free America's 2023 National Hunger Survey Report.
Backing Biden for 2024, conformist Democrats have been in denial. Now they’re in a...
“The truth remains that a president is not his party’s king and has no automatic right to renomination.”