| 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...
| Mar 17, 2021 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyFrom West Texas to Jackson, Mississippi, tens of millions of people struggled through late winter storms that froze pipes, broke water mains, and cut off electricity. They froze without showers, toilets, or washing machines — let alone drinking water — for days or...
| Feb 24, 2021 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedSmithfield is the country’s largest pork producer — and one of the biggest industrial polluters. But it doesn’t want you to think of it that way. Instead, the company likes to promote a conscientious, sustainable, family-farmer image, summed up with a simple...
| Jan 27, 2021 | Environment / Health|Food / FarmingWhat do your toothbrush and your running shoes have in common? Plastic. We now live on Planet Plastic, where billions of tons of waste from everyday products made of these chemical contaminants are strewn literally everywhere — on the highest mountaintops, in the...
