COVID-19 outbreaks seized the farmworker community last year. The state is finally stepping up with the help of nonprofits and local health departments.
Category: COVID-19
Posted inAlabama, Climate, COVID-19, Disaster Recovery, Florida, Gulf Coast, Louisiana, Mississippi, Public Health
‘Hurricane fatigue’: Gulf Coast emergency managers still rebuilding as they prep for more storms
Local officials are working to inform the public while still recovering from 2020’s record-breaking season—all on tight budgets.
Posted inClimate, COVID-19, Culture, Public Health, Wildlife
What cicadas taught me about loss, mortality
Billions of Brood X cicadas are above ground for the first time in 17 years. After the pandemic, it feels especially symbolic.
Posted inCOVID-19, Food & Agriculture, Immigration, Justice, North Carolina, Public Health
‘You can’t take that from me’: A former North Carolina farmworker’s fight for protection
Yesenia Cuello was raised a first-generation American near the tobacco field where she toiled as a kid. Now she’s leading a fight for the protections she needed. This story is published in partnership with Enlace Latino NC. Léalo en Español en Enlace Latino NC. When Yesenia Cuello was 17, she took a photo. In it, […]
Posted inCOVID-19, Culture, Economies, Immigration, North Carolina, Public Health
We’re partnering with Enlace Latino NC to cover economy, environment in rural Latinx communities
Victoria Bouloubasis will cover the intersection of environmental issues and economic mobility in Latinx, immigrant, and refugee communities in North Carolina.
Posted inClimate, COVID-19, Disaster Recovery, Economies, Gulf Coast, Louisiana, Public Health
The population of Lake Charles, La. shrank more than any U.S. city in 2020
New USPS data tells a story about climate change and displacement.
Posted inJustice
Tap water could be linked to dangerous lead levels in Jackson’s kids. Mississippi isn’t keeping track.
Children with dangerous levels of lead in their bodies live in parts of Jackson with documented lead-in-water spikes, a Southerly analysis shows.