Wednesday, April 23, 2025

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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Kennedy Jr. and FDA Commissioner to remove synthetic food dyes from US food supply

The agency will work with the food industry to revoke authorization for two of the dyes in the coming months and eliminate the remaining six come the end of the year.

Trump administration resumes student loan collections, threatening millions with garnished wages and economic hardship

Restarting federal loan garnishments and ending relief programs, the Trump administration advances a sweeping overhaul that critics say punishes struggling borrowers and deepens a national crisis.

The ever-expanding war machine

Dismantling the government while pumping up the Pentagon.

If fear is the goal, then solidarity is the antidote

So let this be our mantra: It outlaws me, and I outlaw it.

The 89%: Exposing the climate majority and the media silence that keeps them unheard

Despite overwhelming global support for bold climate action, most governments are falling short—and newsrooms may be helping them do it.