el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz, better known as Malcolm X, said, “If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”

In Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, African Americans face a range of Environmental Justice issues that stem from historical and ongoing challenges related to political, economic, and environmental injustices. Bishop Marcia Dinkins’ motivation to form BLAC was driven by the need to represent Black Appalachians in a decolonized way.

Poetry by KB Brookins.

As the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, Rania Batrice has blazed a life path as a voice for the silenced including the topics of gun violence, climate change, immigration, and women’s rights. Rania reflects on the ongoing genocide in Gaza and its deeply entrenched connections to Environmental Justice, Palestinian identity, and cultural heritage. 

Environmental leader Frankie Orona (Che-u cha-wat ha-tako) — the Executive Director of the Society of Native Nations and member of the Borrado, Tongva, and Chumash tribes — advocates for healing and community restoration that centers Indigenous and decolonized ways of being.

Who I am is a hundred percent because of how I was raised growing up in a small, but historic town like Selma. There was clarity of my like Black identity and a sense of social consciousness.

I live in the beautiful Jackson MS, the city with Soul, a city that is 84% Black, and a city that is welcoming to immigrants and migrants; a city led by a radical mayor.

The Dixie Dandy was once a burgeoning pillar in the community of Newville, Alabama supplying its citizens with fresh produce and groceries. Having opened its doors in 1973, the store shifted Newville's economy upwards. In 1991, that all changed.

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The cobalt mining crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a complex issue characterized by severe human rights abuses, environmental degradation, and forced evictions.