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EPA Administrator Michael Regan (Courtesy photo)

EPA Director Stays Focused
on Clean Air and Water for
Communities of Color

by Stacy M. Brown May 11, 2022May 11, 2022

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan remains on a mission for justice.

Pollution from factories continue to destroy the environment. (Courtesy photo)

MABSON: Eric Garner, Earth Day and the EPA at 50

by WI Guest Author April 14, 2021December 21, 2021

Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons via wemu.org

Black Experience, National

Michigan Announces $600M Settlement in Flint Water Lawsuit

by WI Guest Author August 20, 2020December 21, 2021

**FILE** Protest against the Atlantic Coast Pipeline in Staunton, Virginia (Wikimedia Commons)

Dominion Energy Scraps Plans for $8 Billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline

by WI Guest Author July 6, 2020December 21, 2021

Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris to Lead COVID-19-Related Brain Trust on Water Justice, Equity Issues

by WI Guest Author June 15, 2020December 21, 2021

Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., Columnists, Op-Ed, Opinion

CHAVIS: Stop Excluding People of Color in Environmental Policies

by Dr. Benamin F. Chavis, Jr. May 6, 2020December 21, 2021

St. Louis tenements, like this one in the North Central area, became plagued by tuberculosis after developers rented units of the condemned property to newly arriving migrants from Southern states. (Courtesy of the Missouri Historical Society)

Supplements, Sustainability

Intersectionality of Environmental Racism & Eugenics

by Dr. Shantella Y. Sherman April 15, 2020December 21, 2021

Flint residence have faced years of contaminated water that poured from faucets brown and smelly. (Courtesy photo)

Supplements, Sustainability

Remembering the Flint Water Poisoning on Earth Day

by WI Guest Author April 15, 2020December 21, 2021

Black Experience, Stacy M. Brown

Attorney Ben Crump Talks New Book, ‘Open Season: Legalized Genocide of Colored People’

by WI Guest Author December 12, 2019December 21, 2021

Climate change can contribute to decreased air quality, exacerbating respiratory diseases such as asthma. (Courtesy of Michigan Radio)

National, Stacy M. Brown

Climate Change Isn’t a ‘White Thing,’ Environmental Justice Advocates Warn

by Stacy M. Brown October 2, 2019December 21, 2021