Standing Rock. Black Lives Matter. The U.S.-Mexico border wall. The oversized effect of COVID-19 on communities of color. These are some of the most visible manifestations of the way racism and environmental issues intersect — often with deadly results. Here you’ll find The Revelator’s ongoing coverage of these issues, including a mix of important journalism, expert commentary, and profiles of the leaders working for a brighter and safer future for everyone.
Black Leaders:
Dr. Robert Bullard: Lessons From 40 Years of Documenting Environmental Racism
Intelligence Thieves: How Toxic Pollutants Are Robbing Communities of Color
What Are the Biggest Challenges for Saving the Oceans?
Farming While Black: Growing Food and Community While Saving the Earth
How Colleges Can Attract More Minority Students to Environmental Studies and Careers
Native Americans and Indigenous Peoples:
The Shocking Number of Environmentalists Murdered Each Year
Ruby Mountains: A Push to Drill, a Failure to Consult Native Peoples
Can Native American Tribes Protect Their Land If They’re Not Recognized by the Federal Government?
The Koreguaje Tribe: Threatened Guardians of the Northwest Amazon
California Tribe Hopes to Conquer Climate Woes — With Fire
Forests and Biodiversity Need Indigenous Stewardship
Oak Flat: Government Complicity in Indigenous Sacred Site Desecration
Trump vs. Bears Ears: Outraged Native Groups Respond
Beyond Division: American Indians Unite to Create Bears Ears
How the World’s Oldest Wisdom Is Informing Modern Responses to Climate Change
Native Renewables: Powering Up Tribal Communities
Endangered Languages, Endangered Ecologies
Dam Lies: Despite Promises, An Indigenous Community’s Land Is Flooded
Tribal Cultures Underwater — and Falling Through Thin Ice
Environmental Justice:
Nothing to Wheeze At: Air Pollution’s Disproportionate Effect on Poor and Minority Communities
Environmental Justice Means Desegregating the Environmental Movement
Trump Administration Seeks to Muzzle Activist Shareholders
GreenLatinos: Working Locally, Connecting Nationally
Broader Discussions:
COVID-19 Reveals a Crisis of Public Spaces
‘We Know the End Is Coming’: The Plight and Rise of Climate Refugees
Fighting Water Privatization with ‘Blue Communities’
The Surprising Link Between Climate Change and Human Trafficking
Pandemic Shines a Light on Critical Water Issues — Will Congress Fund Solutions?
Should Environmentalists Embrace Universal Basic Income?
Build a Border Wall? Here’s an Idea That’s Better for Communities and the Climate
Editorials:
Inhumanity at the Border — and Beyond
Additional Reading:
16 Essential Books About Environmental Justice, Racism and Activism
From Kochland to Standing Rock: Here Are the 16-plus Best Environmental Books of August
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