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![A young Black woman harvesting onions on a farm]()
![A young Black woman harvesting onions on a farm]()
After 20 years of advocacy, Black farmers finally get debt relief
On Wednesday, Congress passed one of the most sweeping relief programs for minority farmers in the nation’s history, through a…
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![A row of homeless tents in front of tall building in downtown Los Angeles.]()
![A row of homeless tents in front of tall building in downtown Los Angeles.]()
Occupy hotel rooms: Inside LA’s new push to solve homelessness
Hotels don’t want to shelter homeless people. Advocates say it shouldn’t be a choice.
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![A sign displays a message about staying safe from the coronavirus at an entrance to a Navajo Nation housing community.]()
![A sign displays a message about staying safe from the coronavirus at an entrance to a Navajo Nation housing community.]()
The Navajo Nation generates a ton of power — but 14,000 homes don’t have electricity
The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority planned to electrify thousands of Navajo homes. Then COVID hit.
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![A house in front of a refinery in what is known as]()
![A house in front of a refinery in what is known as]()
UN says environmental racism in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley must end
The report condemned disproportionate cancer rates in the badly polluted petrochemical corridor.
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![Madonna Manor maintenance supervisor Lamar Jackson left, stacks bottled water brought by Mac Epps of Mississippi Move, as part of the supply efforts by city councilman and State Rep. De'Keither Stamps to a senior residence in west Jackson, Miss.]()
![Madonna Manor maintenance supervisor Lamar Jackson left, stacks bottled water brought by Mac Epps of Mississippi Move, as part of the supply efforts by city councilman and State Rep. De'Keither Stamps to a senior residence in west Jackson, Miss.]()
Mississippi is lifting COVID restrictions while thousands of residents can’t even wash their hands
Texas’ experience of last month’s deadly winter storm may have grabbed headlines, but its neighbors fared just as badly.
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![An aerial picture of the new location of a metal scrapyard in the Southeast Side of Chicago]()
![An aerial picture of the new location of a metal scrapyard in the Southeast Side of Chicago]()
Pollution is so bad in this Chicago neighborhood, people are on hunger strike to stop it
It's been nearly a month since dozens of Chicagoans went on hunger strike to stop a scrapyard from being moved…
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![Mark Majkrzak gives out bottles of Rain Pure Mountain Spring Water to people in need on February 19, 2021 in Austin, Texas.]()
![Mark Majkrzak gives out bottles of Rain Pure Mountain Spring Water to people in need on February 19, 2021 in Austin, Texas.]()
‘Solidarity, not charity’: Mutual aid groups are filling gaps in Texas’ crisis response
"Who better to mobilize the community than people who are already in the community?”…
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![A natural gas flare tower]()
When the grid went dark, Texans faced 3.5M pounds of excess air pollution
Why pollution spiked in frontline communities during the winter storm.
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![Photo collage of a car with an electrical plug coming out of it next to a smoggy city]()
![Photo collage of a car with an electrical plug coming out of it next to a smoggy city]()
How to ensure electric cars aren’t just for rich people
Two roadblocks can keep drivers from switching to EVs: the lack of chargers and the cost of a new car.
