Environmental Racism

ACLU cites First Amendment, files for dismissal of suit that has “chilling effect” on free speech.

White supremacy and white privilege often obscure the racist structures that create water contamination crises.

Faced with a deadly new threat, residents in one predominately African-American community are organizing their neighbors and allies from far and wide.

Alabama residents say the landfill pollutes their majority-Black neighborhood and harms their health. Now, they're being sued.

In a group of 222 white medical students and residents, half believed in biological differences between black and white people.

As in other places around the world, Mexico's wind boom runs the risk of bypassing the poor, which is why we need new global standards.

The environmental damage that the oil industry has caused over the years has only exacerbated the problems caused by rising sea levels.

The Environmental Protection Agency must enforce the law and protect the most vulnerable populations from dangerous pollution.

Nonviolent cities would work to end racism, poverty, homelessness and violence at every level and in every form.

From Norco, Louisiana to Flint, Michigan to Los Angeles, California — environmental racism is real.