Polluted air, solar co-ops, & sky-high power bills
The sky was hanging low and dark over Louisville this morning. It rained for nearly a full day, and the city felt scrunched between rolling clouds…
In the Black Belt, a template for fixing failing sewage infrastructure
Collaborations between activists, researchers, engineers, and local governments spur ideas for wastewater improvements in rural communities.
Black farmers, living shorelines, & a carbon tax
Earlier this year, a group of black farmers in Mississippi planted more than $100,000 worth of certified soybean seeds they purchased from Stine Seed Company. Not…
The rural South’s invisible public health crisis
In the Black Belt and along the Gulf Coast, there’s a rise of poverty-related tropical diseases related to poor sewage infrastructure and climate change.
Southern soil, artificial oyster reefs, & new national monuments
There is a wall in the Legacy Museum in Montgomery lined with dozens of jars of soil gathered from the sites of lynchings around the country. Each is…