environmental racism
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CHAVIS: Stop Excluding People of Color in Environmental Policies
Protecting the environment should be about protecting people, regardless of the color of their skin, their ethnicity or race, where…
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Intersectionality of Environmental Racism & Eugenics
As The Washington Informer commemorates 50 years of Earth Day — a celebration that marks decades of active engagement to…
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Remembering the Flint Water Poisoning on Earth Day
For more than a year, state officials, beginning with Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, dawdled and stonewalled as complaints from frustrated…
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Attorney Ben Crump Talks New Book, ‘Open Season: Legalized Genocide of Colored People’
Famed civil rights attorney Ben Crump has written a new book that examines the troubling history of environmental racism in…
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Climate Change Isn’t a ‘White Thing,’ Environmental Justice Advocates Warn
The climate crisis is real.
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Prosecutors Drop Criminal Charges in Flint Water Case
Prosecutors recently dropped charges against state and local officials once facing accusations of neglect in the ongoing Flint water contamination…
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Black Women’s Health a Grave Matter
Glad to see the coverage of Black women's maternity health and the crisis that we are in in America.
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Environmental Racism is Real, Destructive and Deadly
Whites experience a "pollution advantage" while Blacks and Hispanics experience a "pollution burden."
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Schumer Pushes Climate Change Awareness to Communities of Color
The latest Climate Perspectives Survey by ecoAmerica has found that African Americans and Latinos express the strongest concerns about climate…
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From Slavery to Civil Rights and Environmental Racism
With President Donald Trump castigating the science of global warming, it’s little wonder that today’s environmental policies not only target…
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