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Category: Justice

Posted inJustice

The grassroots groups filling major gaps in disaster prep, recovery

by Amal Ahmed May 25, 2022May 25, 2022

A series of interviews with disaster preparedness and recovery advocates about the work they’re doing—and the work that’s still left—in low-wealth communities, rural regions, and BIPOC communities most at risk of climate change and extreme weather. 

Posted inAgriculture

This rural N.C. farm helps formerly incarcerated women build back their lives, careers

by Victoria Bouloubasis May 16, 2022May 17, 2022

At Benevolence Farm, residents live on site and help produce and sell food. Advocates say it’s a way to address major gaps in the rural justice system.

Posted inJustice

How a Tennessee housing policy concentrates poverty, denies opportunity

by Jacob Steimer April 4, 2022April 7, 2022

A little-known but powerful board steers affordable housing into segregated, poor neighborhoods where Black children have little chance to reach the middle class

Posted inDisaster Recovery

Disaster management is a key tool for climate adaptation

by Amal Ahmed March 16, 2022March 16, 2022

The latest IPCC report notes the importance of consulting marginalized groups while coping with disasters. That means policies and practices need to be changed.

Posted inJustice, North Carolina, Public Health

A group of moms stopped a crypto mine from building next to an N.C. school

by Victoria Bouloubasis December 22, 2021January 13, 2022

These data processing centers are creating noise pollution in rural areas of the South.

Posted inClimate, Gulf Coast, Justice, Louisiana, Waste

New Orleans has a trash problem. Climate change means other cities will too.

by Drew Hawkins December 3, 2021January 14, 2022

Some neighborhoods went without sanitation services for over a month after Hurricane Ida.

Posted inAppalachia, Justice, Public Health, Tennessee, Virginia, Waste

Air pollution from a Virginia landfill is making residents sick. Officials won’t call it an emergency.

by Sarah Wade December 1, 2021January 14, 2022

A chemical reaction taking place below the landfill’s surface is emitting harmful gases.

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