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Environment & Health
Novel Strategy for Dealing With Toxic Contamination: Do Nothing
At toxic cleanup sites across the country, environmental agencies have allowed groundwater contamination to go untreated and slowly diminish over time.
How Trump’s Environmental Agenda Will Exacerbate the Refugee Crisis
Trump has proven himself a direct adversary of climate refugees and their fight.
David Cay Johnston: How Trump Pays So Little in Taxes and Plans to Change Tax Law to Pay Even Less
The 2005 tax return shows Trump earned $153 million — or more than $400,000 a day.
Whose Commons? National Parks as White Public Space
US National Parks operate as white public space, upholding white supremacy and excluding people of color.
The Flint Water Crisis: The US’s Systemic Violence Against the Disadvantaged
Flint water crisis continues to persist. In the richest country in the history of the world, there are people living without clean water.
Chevron, Aera Energy Sue to Block Monterey County, California’s Voter-Approved Ban on Fracking
Last November, voters of Monterey County, California, passed a fracking ban known as Measure Z with 56 percent of the vote.
Southern Communities Brace for the Impact of Big Oil’s Expansion Plans
Exxon is planning a $20 billion expansion of its refineries, chemical plants and liquefied natural gas operations along the US Gulf coast.
Arkansas Bill Would Ban Howard Zinn’s Writings From Classrooms
Zinn is best known for "A People's History of the United States."
Mustafa Ali: Meet the Top EPA Environmental Justice Official Who Quit to Protest Pruitt and Trump
A top official at the Environmental Protection Agency has resigned in protest.
How Traditional Medicine Can Play a Key Role in Latino Health Care
The "botanica" has reemerged in Latin American immigrant communities across the US.