Food Rescues Step In as Communities Face Slashed SNAP Benefits After Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act led to the largest cut in SNAP history, these organizations are helping combat food insecurity By Linnea Harris May 8, 2026 In this story: food and drink, economic justice, environmental justice, activism, community
Federal and State Leaders Turn Their Backs on Pollution Monitoring Local community members are stepping in to fill the void left by federal and state governments By Tabby Kibugi May 11, 2026 In this story: toxics, air, federal policy, environmental justice, social justice
Data Centers Are Hogging This Town’s Water A lawmaker wants to commandeer water access to quench the growing thirst of Big Tech By Amal Ahmed May 3, 2026 In this story: data centers, national forests, water, environmental justice, technology
Alannah Acaq Hurley’s Watershed Moment An Alaska Native receives the Goldman Prize for her efforts to protect Bristol Bay from mining By Linnea Harris April 20, 2026 In this story: environmental justice, activism, climate change, salmon, women
How Americans Could Lose Their Voice in the Push to Build Big Projects Efforts to update the National Environmental Policy Act put its future in doubt By Hannah Story Brown April 21, 2026 In this story: federal policy, environmental law, environmental justice, public health, Trump
One Year After Trump’s Inauguration, the Damage to Environmental Policy Is Unprecedented The administration has taken a wrecking ball to everything from clean energy policy to chemical regulations By Dana Drugmand January 20, 2026 In this story: Trump, politics, climate change, EPA, environmental justice
Nature Speaks to Us. We Just Need to Listen. In the Ecuadorian Amazon, Nemonte Nenquimo found her voice as an activist in gatherings lit by fire and song By Gingger Shankar December 11, 2025 In this story: indigenous communities, activism, forests, women, environmental justice
The Quiet Architect of Federal Environmental Justice Dr. Clarice Gaylord laid the foundation for environmental-justice policies By Jaha Nailah Avery November 9, 2025 In this story: environmental justice, racial justice, social justice
Black Belt Defender Catherine Coleman Flowers is helping upgrade wastewater systems in the South By Chris Berdik February 18, 2025 In this story: environmental justice
Frontline Communities Fight to Evict a Toxic Roofing Company One of America’s largest shingle makers is pumping pollution into Black and brown communities from Texas to Minnesota By Amal Ahmed January 8, 2025 In this story: toxics, environmental justice, social justice, racial justice