As the nation heads into fall and winter, many of us are happy to leave the brutal heat of the past summer—the worst yet on record—behind. But for patients living with sickle cell disease, the onset of cooler weather is a specific relief.
Articles by Rebekah Sager
Congress Wants Beauty Products Marketed to Black Women to Be More Dangerous
Earlier this year, Congress released a plan to weaken the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), our nation’s bedrock chemical safety law. The bill would strip away oversight of harmful chemicals that end up on—and ultimately in—Black women’s bodies every day.
Catherine Coleman Flowers Connects Juneteenth, Democracy, and Environmental Justice
This Juneteenth will be observed by a nation currently in a fight for democracy, says Catherine Coleman Flowers, environmental health researcher and author of Holy Ground.
Georgia’s AI Data Center Boom Is an Environmental Justice Nightmare
Georgia is one of the fastest-growing hubs for data centers in the nation. Advocates say this uptick in Big Tech construction is the latest example of Black communities having to endure policies that prioritize polluters over people’s health.
“You Have to Speak Up”: How Advocates in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Helped Push a Toxic Chemical Facility to Close
When EPA came to Tish Taylor’s Louisiana town 10 years ago to tell the community they had the highest risk of cancer in the U.S., it confirmed what they already knew—and prompted the Taylors to take action.
The Petrochemical Hazards of Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Could Not Be Worse. Then Came Trump.
For many families living near the hundreds of petrochemical plants that dot the Mississippi River front in Louisiana, toxic air pollution leads to a persistent fear of what each breath might bring.
Environmental Justice Legend Vernice Miller-Travis Is Inspired by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Daily
“It’s the reason that I wanted to be involved in civil rights work,” says Vernice Miller-Travis about growing up surrounded by icons of the civil rights movement, like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “It’s because I saw the change that they were making.”
Highways to Harm: America’s Roadways Continue to Poison Black Communities Thanks to Trump Administration Rollbacks
The historical practice of building highways through Black and Latino neighborhoods left lasting environmental and health disasters in its wake—with no federal fix in sight.