The War on Immigrants
In California’s Wine Country, Undocumented Grape Pickers Forced to Work in Fire Evacuation Zones
Grape growers in Sonoma County are getting exemptions to send in farmworkers who have few alternatives or options for support.
Environment
BlueLeaks
Tilting at Windmills: The FBI Chased Imagined Eco-Activist Enemies, Documents Reveal
At the wind energy industry’s behest, the FBI and DHS gamed out attacks on facilities that they acknowledged face no threat.
Bad Chemistry
PFAS Contamination Divides an Alabama Town
In industry-friendly Decatur, a longtime production hub for 3M, residents are grappling with a PFAS crisis — and how to hold polluters to account.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Ravaged by Covid-19, Polluted Communities Demand Environmental Justice
The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the corrosive legacy of environmental racism in the United States.
Voices
On Climate Policy, Biden's Advisers Reveal More Than His Proposals Do
Several of Biden’s informal advisers and confidants are Obama administration veterans who have embraced fossil fuels and fracking.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Coronavirus Strikes Latino Families Near California's Salton Sea
People who live near the dying lake are caught in a perfect storm of environmental neglect, poverty, and Covid-19.
Half of Oklahoma Is “Indian Country.” What If All Native Treaties Were Upheld?
From the Grand Canyon to Mount Rushmore, if the routinely flouted U.S. treaties with Indigenous people were honored, this would be a very different country.
Bad Chemistry
Scientists Pin Blame for Some Coronavirus Deaths on Air Pollution, PFAS, and Other Chemicals
Scientists say that low levels of industrial chemicals like PFAS, BPA, and phthalates are linked with conditions that make Covid-19 worse.
Louisiana Environmental Activists Charged With “Terrorizing” for Nonviolent Stunt Targeting Plastics Giant
The two environmental activists face 15 years of prison in the latest instance of the criminalization of dissent.
The Coronavirus Pandemic and Police Violence Have Reignited the Fight Against Toxic Racism
“Whether we can’t breathe because of toxic pollution or policing,” says Robert Bullard, “it’s the same systemic racism that is killing us.”