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Category: Mid-South

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 inAppalachia, Atlantic Coast, Climate, Delta, Gulf Coast, Infrastructure, Mid-South

‘Communities shouldn’t have to rely on miracles’: A conversation with Samantha Montano

by Carly Berlin July 21, 2021January 14, 2022

We sat down with the disaster researcher to discuss her forthcoming book, Disasterology: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis.

Posted inJustice, Land, Mid-South, Public Health, Tennessee

‘They gave people kibbles and bits’: Black Memphis residents are fighting oil pipeline land grab

by Leanna First-Arai April 22, 2021January 14, 2022

The legal battle over the proposed pipeline has become a flashpoint in a national conversation about environmental justice and land grabs by fossil fuel companies.

Posted inJustice

The multibillion dollar question: What will it take to fix the South’s broken water systems?

by Carly Berlin April 15, 2021January 18, 2022

The winter storm revealed the fragility of rural and urban water systems. Biden’s new infrastructure plan could help improve them — but it’s only a start.

Posted inClimate, Delta, Economies, Energy, Gulf Coast, Justice, Land, Mid-South, Mississippi, Public Health

Mississippi biomass facility fined for emitting three times more air pollution than permitted

by Sara Sneath February 25, 2021January 14, 2022

Wood pellet manufacturing plants have underreported emissions at plants throughout the South, which are most often in Black and low-income communities.

Posted inAlabama, COVID-19, Justice, Mid-South, Public Health

Alabama deems execution an ‘essential function’ while leading in COVID-19 deaths per capita

by Lauren Gill February 9, 2021January 14, 2022

The state plans to execute Willie B. Smith III on Feb. 11 in a prison on the coast. Experts worry it will only lead to more deaths.

Posted inAlabama, Culture, Food & Agriculture, Justice, Mid-South, Public Health

‘It’s not something you have to do alone’: Rural Alabama churches address food insecurity

by Krysti Shallenberger January 27, 2021January 14, 2022

Southern communities have some of the highest levels of food insecurity, and it’s been worsening during the pandemic. Churches often fill in the gaps.

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