racial justice

Q&A: Robert Bullard Led a ‘Huge’ Delegation from Texas to COP27 Climate Talks in Egypt

The father of environmental justice in the U.S. says those impacted by environmental racism “must be in the room” whenever remedies are discussed, whether at public hearings in the U.S. or the U.N.’s annual climate talks.

By Dylan Baddour

Wisconsin Advocates Push to Ensure $700 Million in Water Infrastructure Improvements Go to Those Who Need It Most

By Aydali Campa

For the Third Time, Black Residents in Corpus Christi’s Hillcrest Neighborhood File a Civil Rights Complaint to Fend Off Polluting Infrastructure

By Dylan Baddour

A Timber Mill Below Mount Shasta Gave Rise to a Historic Black Community, and Likely Sparked the Wildfire That Destroyed It

By Anne Marshall-Chalmers

A Black Woman Fought for Her Community, and Her Life, Amidst Polluting Landfills and Vast ‘Borrow Pits’ Mined for Sand and Clay

By Agya K. Aning

The ‘State of the Air’ in America Is Unhealthy and Getting Worse, Especially for People of Color

By Kristoffer Tigue

Researchers Say Science Skewed by Racism is Increasing the Threat of Global Warming to People of Color

By Bob Berwyn

Inspired by King’s Words, Experts Say the Fight for Climate Justice Anywhere is a Fight for Climate Justice Everywhere

By James Bruggers

In Three Predominantly Black North Birmingham Neighborhoods, Residents Live Inside an Environmental ‘Nightmare’

By Julia Benbrook, Augusta Saraiva

The Biden Administration’s Embrace of Environmental Justice Has Made Wary Activists Willing to Believe

By Agya K. Aning

In Corpus Christi’s Hillcrest Neighborhood, Black Residents Feel Like They Are Living in a ‘Sacrifice Zone’

By Aman Azhar

Expansion of I-45 in Downtown Houston Is on Hold, for Now, in a Traffic-Choked, Divided Region

By Aman Azhar

Race, Poverty, Farming and a Natural Gas Pipeline Converge In a Rural Illinois Township

By Brett Chase

After Hurricane Harvey, a Heated Debate Over Flood Control Funds in Texas’ Harris County

By Aman Azhar

Eminent Domain Lets Pipeline Developers Take Land, Pay Little, Say Black Property Owners

By Carrington J. Tatum, MLK50

Will 2021 Be the Year for Environmental Justice Legislation? States Are Already Leading the Way

By Kristoffer Tigue

Post Election, Climate and Racial Justice Protesters Gather in Boston Over Ballot Counting

By Phil McKenna

Q&A: The Sierra Club Embraces Environmental Justice, Forcing a Difficult Internal Reckoning

By Evelyn Nieves

Text: Joe Biden on Climate Change, ‘a Global Crisis That Requires American Leadership’