Environmental racism

How Chicago’s Mayor Is Trying to Fight Environmental Racism

Mayor Brandon Johnson is introducing several methods intended to address how environment has a disproportionate racial impact.
09/21/2023

NYC’s Poor Black, Latino Communities Hardest Hit By Canadian Wildfire Smoke

Those residents disproportionately visited hospital emergency rooms, adding evidence of systemic environmental racism.
06/21/2023

Vulnerable Communities of Color Threatened By ‘Hazardous' NYC Air Quality

A study shows that low-income and communities of color are regularly exposed to pollution.
06/08/2023

Justice Department Opens Environmental Racism Investigation Of Houston

The city allegedly has a history of ignoring poor environmental conditions in Black and Latino neighborhoods.
07/25/2022

OPINION: A Supreme Court Ruling That Impacts Climate Change Makes Environmental Racism Worse

A decision that sets back the Environmental Protection Agency will have a domino effect on Black people nationwide.
07/01/2022

Michigan Activist Fights to Keep Asphalt Plant From Opening In City Already Beleaguered With Environmental Issues

Flint residents push back against a plan to open an asphalt plant calling the plan "environmental racism."
04/25/2022