Environmental Racism

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Koch brothers protest thegrio.com
March 16, 2018
The billionaire Koch brothers apparently thought they could pimp poor African American communities by throwing a few gospel celebrations to
March 13, 2016
Some students cannot use water fountains in their school for fear of being poisoned. That is a crime...
February 18, 2016
According to the Food & Water Watch group, a nonprofit advocacy group, the residents of Flint, Michigan had the “most expensive” water
January 24, 2016
The water crisis in Flint, Michigan is more than just a natural disaster or a series of unfortunate, environmental events
January 22, 2016
The Flint water crisis and the poisoning of black children is yet another example of violence waged against African Americans…
August 23, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Environmental justice advocates are often excluded from green economy policy decicion-making...
September 25, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A recent article published by Environmental Health News showed that advisories warning against fish contamination have failed…
January 25, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Since the late 1980s, Burke County residents have experienced a veritable cancer epidemic. Some link the higher…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - As an outspoken activist for Gulf Coast residents, Monique Harden has gained a reputation as the first…
August 28, 2010
OPINION - Without a shift in how energy policies are made and by whom, our disastrous trajectory toward peril will…
August 24, 2010
OPINION - The ugly legacy of a "separate and unequal" doctrine haunts environmental policies that negatively impact low-income communities of…