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Infrastructure
Billions Are Available to Tackle Environmental Racism. Where Is the Money Going?
Under-resourced communities of color are struggling to access funding supposedly allotted for environmental justice.
White Communities More Likely to Receive Funds to Fix Aging Water Infrastructure
A new report blames systemic racism and disinvestment for the rise in inequities in water infrastructure.
Hurricane Fiona Damage Shows Puerto Rico Still Hampered by US Colonial Control
Yet, says Democracy Now!'s Juan Gonzalez, Puerto Rican people have developed their own resilient methods of survival.
Organizers and Community Groups in Jackson Turn to Mutual Aid Amid Water Crisis
The sudden emergency in the majority-Black capital of Mississippi is a crisis decades in the making.
GOP Opposed Infrastructure Upgrades; Now This Mississippi City Has No Safe Water
As many as 180,000 people in Jackson, Mississippi, may not have access to safe running water for the foreseeable future.
The Climate Crisis’s Impact Is Worse in Black Cities Facing Disinvestment
Mississippi activist Kali Akuno attributes the water crisis to decades of abandonment of Black and Brown cities.
Infrastructural Crisis in Schools Is Harming Student Health and Learning
The majority of U.S. public schools are ill-equipped to handle climate change, putting the health of students at risk.
Manchin Just Delivered Another Blow on Climate. He’s a Threat to Humanity.
The absence of Manchin's support was a death knell for Sarah Bloom Raskin's nomination. Her crime: caring about climate.
Pro-Highway, Pro-Car Public Transportation Policy Is Fueling Inequality
Transportation policies prioritizing private vehicle use leave the poor and people of color behind.
Pittsburgh Bridge Collapses the Same Day as Biden Infrastructure Talk in City
Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman said the collapse serves as a "wake-up call" to improve U.S. infrastructure.