The religious community needed the money from signing gas leases, but it’s a decision that still divides people today.
Category: Public Health
Posted inGeorgia, Justice, Public Health
Smell something, tell something: How Black residents in coastal Georgia are holding polluters accountable
Redlining, disinvestment, and lack of political power has made Southern communities of color prime targets for industries that often provide jobs in the areas they pollute.
Posted inCOVID-19, Food & Agriculture, Immigration, Justice, North Carolina, Public Health
As N.C. poultry plants failed to curb COVID-19, Latina workers stood in the gap
With little to no protection from their employers or the state during the pandemic, a mother-daughter community health worker duo has helped launch and lead vaccination events.
Posted inCOVID-19, Justice, Louisiana, Public Health, Waste
‘They think we’re machines but we’re people’: New Orleans sanitation workers reflect a year after strike
We caught up with the hoppers who went on strike to demand better pay and safety precautions during the pandemic. They say little has changed.
Posted inClimate, COVID-19, Gulf Coast, Justice, Louisiana, Public Health, Water
How we made a mental health resource guide for southwest La. residents
Mental health was a recurring theme in our series on hurricane recovery during the pandemic. Download the guide here. After Hurricanes Laura and Delta hit Lake Charles last year, it took months for the Kay Doré Counseling Clinic at McNeese State University to return to campus, where it offers low-cost counseling out of a trailer […]
Posted inCOVID-19, Economies, Food & Agriculture, Immigration, North Carolina, Public Health
Farm cooperatives allow Latinos to grow and sell food on their own terms
In an industry benefiting white farmers, Tierra Fértil roots a growing Latino community in Henderson County, N.C.
Posted inAppalachia, COVID-19, Economies, Energy, Justice, Public Health
Biden vows to support struggling Appalachian counties. But residents are weary of failed promises.
Coal communities in Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia are struggling to support basic civic services as coal disappears. Federal funding to boost local economies and jobs is closer than ever before.