Documentary filmmaker Marta Rodriguez Maleck spent time with the City Waste Union over the last several weeks, documenting their picket line.
Category: Justice
Posted inGulf Coast, Justice, Mississippi
This coastal Mississippi city plagued by environmental hazards has a history of police violence
In just two decades, Moss Point has seen three high-profile cases of police brutality against Black men. Families and advocates have long demanded answers.
Posted inClimate, Delta, Food & Agriculture, Justice, Mississippi
Replanting roots in a Southern food desert
Farmers, activists and city planners nationwide are pivoting in light of the pandemic’s impact on food access. In Mississippi, that also means restoring a fraught connection with land.
Posted inAppalachia, COVID-19, Energy, Justice, North Carolina, Public Health, Virginia
Southerners who can’t afford bills could have power disconnected in the heat of summer
Hundreds of thousands of people in the South are behind on their electric payments, just as unemployment benefits expire and states shut down again to stop COVID-19 from spreading.
Posted inCulture, Immigration, Justice
How water sustains movements from North Carolina to the borderlands
Destroying water sources is a tactic used by police and border patrol agents to control social and migratory movements.
Posted inCOVID-19, Justice, Louisiana, Public Health, Waste
Photos: New Orleans sanitation workers strike for protections and better pay
Hoppers are demanding higher hourly wages, hazard pay, and PPE during the coronavirus pandemic.
Posted inAtlantic Coast, Climate, Florida, Housing, Justice
In Key West, protests highlight gentrification of historic Black community
People living in Bahama Village are using the recent protests against police violence and systemic racism to speak out about how rising costs are pushing them out.