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Zoned out: One woman’s half-century fight to desegregate Berkeley
The legacy of race-based housing rules continues to shape the landscape of big cities.
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Dr. Robert Bullard, the ‘father of environmental justice,’ is watching the movement grow up
Bullard was early to understanding the unequal environmental burdens faced by vulnerable communities.
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Can FEMA save the ‘poorest town in America’ from drowning in its own poop?
'This is a multifaceted, oppressive form of racism.'
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A groundbreaking environmental justice bill is poised to become law
Democrats who drafted the Environmental Justice for All Act are optimistic it will pass.
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Stacey Abrams helped Georgia go blue. Now she wants it to go green.
Abrams connects the dots between voting rights, transit, and the future of the planet.
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Why Hawaii’s seawalls are doing more harm than good
The sea is invading Hawaii. The military's plan to build a seawall near Pearl Harbor might make the problem worse.
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One of the most polluted counties in America is getting 40,000 more oil wells
Kern County, California, is fast-tracking new drilling projects.
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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 provision of President Biden’s pandemic stimulus bill.
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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.]()
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.
