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Trump Announces ‘Termination’ of ‘Illegal DEI’ Settlement Over Raw Sewage in Poor, Majority-Black Alabama Communities

The agreement, reached under the Biden Administration, required the state’s Department of Public Health to improve sanitation efforts in Alabama’s Black Belt. It’s unclear what the termination will mean on the ground.

By Lee Hedgepeth, Dennis Pillion

U.S. President Joe Biden and Catherine Coleman Flowers, founder of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice, arrive for an event at the White House on April 21, 2023. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Sherry Bradley, who runs the Black Belt Unincorporated Wastewater Project, explains how a new septic system will work for a mobile home in Lowndes County. Credit: Dennis Pillion/Inside Climate News

A Year After Historic Civil Rights Settlement, Alabama Slowly Bringing Sanitation Equity to Rural Black Communities

By Dennis Pillion

U.S. President Joe Biden and Catherine Coleman Flowers, founder of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice, arrive for an event at the White House on April 21, 2023. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Some Americans Don’t Have the Ability to Flush Their Toilets. A Federal Program Aimed at Helping Solve That Problem Is Expanding

By Lee Hedgepeth

Workers at the Hale County Courthouse in Greensboro, Alabama, have found themselves facing a choice: work in uncomfortable conditions or use personal time to avoid chilly inside temperatures. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Hale Freezes Over

By Lee Hedgepeth

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