ESSAYS
This isn’t your average science writing. Fellows share their personal struggles and their professional achievements to illustrate where we’ve made progress—and where we must continue to advance environmental justice and equity.
recent essays
For communities plagued by energy extraction and petrochemical buildout, struggles of environmental justice often fall on deaf ears.
For too long, data collection, knowledge production and scientific authority have been controlled by people outside of environmental justice communities. I want to change that.
Every time I see an elephant in the park, I wonder, how many of us had to die for that elephant?
Lead-tainted clay pots like my grandmother used in Mexico underscore the need for better environmental education among healthcare professionals.
Turning environmental justice research into environmental justice action is not a dichotomy: It’s an imperative.
We need to stop compartmentalizing the environment, family and culture as separate problems.
Maybe we don’t need Jamaican coffee in the middle of US winter.
A Supreme Court ruling against the Navajo Nation is the latest blow to the tribe in a long-standing fight for water.
The collective definition of beauty needs to change to protect workers and women of color from toxic chemicals.
