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Fresh Food for Everyone

Soul Fire Farm is on a mission to eliminate racism in the food system

By Cara Benson December 19, 2025

In this story: racial justice, food and drink

Leah Penniman wears a black top and smiles at the camera while hugging a white-barked tree.

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

Marking Juneteenth by Retracing History

A personal journey offers glimmers of the past and hope for the future along the Underground Railroad

By Sherman Neal II June 19, 2025

In this story: equity, racial justice, social justice, hiking

Sherman Neal II, the deputy director of the Sierra Club Military Outdoors campaign and a Marine Corps veteran takes a break from hiking along the shores of Lake Michigan. | Photo courtesy of Sherman Neal II

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

Janie Cisneros (left), who leads Singleton United/Unidos sits with four others in front of GAF on Earth Day 2024. The action was planned to raise awareness for a campaign aimed at closing the plant down. The shingles factory is one of the largest polluters in Dallas and has generationally affected the West Dallas neighborhood it operates in. | Photo by Johnathan Johnson

President Biden Establishes the Springfield Race Riot National Monument

New NPS site will commemorate the 1908 Illinois tragedy that marked a turning point in American race relations

By Lindsey Botts August 16, 2024

In this story: monuments, racial justice, social justice, social justice, America's National Parks

A portion of Preston Jackson's 2009 "Acts of Intolerance" statue in Springfield, Illinois' Union Square. The statue, in the form of two chimney columns that are all that remains from a burned-out building, commemorates the deadly Springfield race riot of 1908, in which white mobs attacked African-American residents, burned several homes, and lynched two black men.

Diversifying the Next Generation of Wildland Firefighters

A partnership between the US Forest Service and four HBCUs is shifting the mostly white forestry workforce

By Ashira Morris August 8, 2024

In this story: wildfire, racial justice, environmental justice

Firefighters in yellow hardhats, managing a prescribed burn.

Incarcerated People Are Drinking Unsafe Water in Illinois State Prisons

Prisoners' rights advocates and environmental groups are taking their concerns to the federal government

By Nicole Greenfield August 2, 2024

In this story: environmental justice, clean water, social justice, water, racial justice

Black History Told Through America’s Public Lands

Check out these monuments, parks, and sites on your next outdoor adventure

By Lindsey Botts February 6, 2024

In this story: voting rights, racial justice

National Museum of African American History and Culture

The Twisted Tale of Indianapolis’s White River

Once considered one of the most polluted waterways in the nation, the White River has been neglected and abused for 200 years. Can it make a comeback?

By Robert Annis February 4, 2024

In this story: clean water, water, rivers, racial justice

A man paddles a canoe down Indianapolis' White River

This Houston Museum Teaches About Climate Change

Cofounders Aaron Ambroso and Tiffany Jin are rethinking the role that cultural institutions play in environmental justice

By Aarohi Sheth January 15, 2024

In this story: environmental justice, racial justice

Photos courtesy Houston Climate Justice Museum

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