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Everyone Deserves Clean Air and Water — No Matter Their Zip Code

Everyone Deserves Clean Air and Water — No Matter Their Zip Code

| Sep 1, 2021 | Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI grew up in a loving family — financially poor, but spiritually rich. My family was blessed with the abundance of having my two strong grandmothers who helped us make it out of poverty. But when they both died from pollution-related illnesses, I learned that simply...
Human Rights Are Not ‘A Threat to Development’

Human Rights Are Not ‘A Threat to Development’

| Aug 18, 2021 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyOn the last night of a recent trip to Minneapolis, I walked along the Mississippi River waterfront. A young man, a worker with the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, asked if I had any questions. We spoke at length about the river and his job, which...
Human Rights Are Not ‘A Threat to Development’

A Textbook Case of Environmental Injustice

| Apr 21, 2021 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Rights / DemocracyEven as the Biden administration commits to environmental justice, people in the Fifth District of Louisiana’s St. James Parish are mobilizing to stop a Formosa plastics plant accused of environmental racism in the majority-Black community. The controversy offers a...
The Research Is In: Stop Fracking ASAP

The Research Is In: Stop Fracking ASAP

| Jul 31, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedScience. Evidence. Facts. Do these even matter anymore in U.S. policy? They should — especially when it comes to issues that affect our health and environment, like fracking.  Concerned Health Professionals of New York and my organization, Physicians for Social...
Tongue Tied

Tongue Tied

| Jun 21, 2017 | Cartoon|Environment / Health|Rights / Democracy

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