The EPA did not test soil on local properties in the predominantly Black town of Roseland after the August 22 blast.
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This story was published in partnership with Capital B. Willie Calhoun knows how to live with water. His home, cradled between the Mississippi River and a patchwork of canals, is split by the surging, ever-present current. But it wasn’t always that way in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward. Before the city’s largest aqueduct, known as the […]
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The Threat That Could Destroy 20 Years of Progress in the Lower Ninth Read Post »
“We need help over here and we’re not getting it,” said a resident of the city where 90 percent of kids live in poverty.
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Black Louisiana Community Coated in Toxic Fallout After Explosion at Oil Plant Read Post »
This story was originally published by Capital B as part of their series chronicling the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. As the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approached in 2015, Michelle McCullum, a 25-year-old mother of two, drove her children, ages 3 and 5, to a once bustling but now desolate industrial area of New […]
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Is the Legacy of Hurricane Katrina More Lethal Than the Storm? Read Post »
The EPA has spent months gutting key regulations, but repealing the Endangerment Finding could be the worst blow yet.
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By Revoking Core Climate Finding, Trump Puts Black Neighborhoods at Risk Read Post »
A new study find the US’s gentrified neighborhoods have lost 500,000 Black people since 1980.
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Hundreds of Black Neighborhoods Across the US Have Disappeared. What Happened? Read Post »
South Memphis residents are fighting back against unpermitted pollution from the world’s most powerful supercomputer.
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Historic Black Community Takes On Elon Musk Over Environmental Racism Read Post »
Weeks before, the administration slashed nearly $1 billion in disaster aid meant for Black and low-income neighborhoods.
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After Trump’s FEMA Cuts, Black St. Louis Recovers From Deadly Tornadoes Alone Read Post »
Billions of dollars in funding for government-subsidized housing could be slashed under the administration’s proposals.
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Black Renters at Risk of Displacement Under Trump Administration’s Housing Cuts Read Post »
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