August 13, 2010 -
Number of Gulf Coast landfills that the Environmental Protection Agency has approved for taking waste from BP's oil spill: 9 Number of those that are located in communities where a majority of residents are people of color: 5
August 12, 2010 -
Despite repeated promises to take action, the U.S. Senate adjourned for summer recess without funding the federal discrimination settlement for black farmers.
August 12, 2010 -
"Strictly speaking, there are no such things as natural disasters." So reads the U.N.'s International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, which
August 10, 2010 -
"It's just like Katrina -- it's when the media leaves that the public needs to be paying attention." -- A community leader in south Louisiana, about the BP oil spill
August 9, 2010 -
By Mischa Gaus, Labor Notes The trailer, 24 feet deep by 8 feet wide, is muggy this early August