Environment

New research may explain why Black and Latinx people—who disproportionately breathe in toxic air—have a higher risk of getting the disease in America.

And the Trump administration is reportedly not moving to protect the people of color who live near hundreds of Superfund sites.

Lance Gumbs: “This land was stolen from us. Flat out, hands down, no questions, stolen.”

Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter, Derrick Johnson and Mustafa Santiago Ali say the communities that are pushed to the sidelines know the most about environmental justice.

Environmental activists warn that million of Americans—and a disproportionate number of people of color—will be affected.

“Thousands of abandoned uranium mines dot the Western landscape, hundreds on the Navajo Nation alone, continuing to expose families to the ill effects of radiation, including kidney failure and cancer.”

“The oceans are sending us so many warning signals that we need to get emissions under control.”

Students march to demand action to save the earth—and to protect those most vulnerable to climate change.

There is confusion and finger-pointing about why more than 100 people were not allowed to travel to Florida. Meanwhile, Trump doubles down on rhetoric to keep out “very bad” people.