Environmental Justice Archives – Scalawag

POLITICS & THE PEOPLE

The Memphis data center moratorium is about putting people first, not corporations

by Rep. Justin J. Pearson October 8, 2026October 8, 2026

Across the country and across party lines, 65% of Americans are opposed to the construction of new large-scale data centers in their communities.

SALT, SOIL, & SUPPER

In Search of the Pearl River

by Alex Melnick August 19, 2026August 19, 2026

SALT, SOIL, & SUPPER

Beneath the Everglades Marshlands, Resistance Lives On

by Niki Franco June 1, 2026June 1, 2026

MEDIA, CULTURE, & MEANING

'South of Midnight' is a spellbinding Southern Gothic video game

by Noella Williams March 25, 2026March 25, 2026

The Green Transition and Environmental Injustice in the South

SALT, SOIL, & SUPPER

The Green Transition and Environmental Injustice in the South

by Augustina Boateng February 5, 2026February 5, 2026

SALT, SOIL, & SUPPER

Your disdain for the South is just anti-Blackness

by Da'Shaun L. Harrison February 4, 2026February 4, 2026

the church

The church became our community's last shelter against pollution

by João Victor January 27, 2026January 27, 2026

collapse

The Parables Are an Autopsy

by Ja'Loni Owens November 20, 2025November 20, 2025

Plant Vogtle

POLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Vogtle drives up energy costs for Georgians

by Abraham Kenmore November 13, 2025November 19, 2025

Hacks: Surviving Gulf Texas’ Toxic Petrochemical Pollution

Hacks: Surviving Gulf Texas' Toxic Petrochemical Pollution

by Danielle Monique Brown November 11, 2025November 11, 2025

BioLab

BioLab Fires, Corporate Greed, and Environmental Injustice in Georgia

by Tyra Douyon November 5, 2025November 5, 2025

Toxic Explosion at Louisiana Oil Plant Leaves Black Community Coated in Chemical Fallout

by Adam Mahoney October 9, 2025October 9, 2025

xAI

Musk's Memphis xAI data center and the making of a 'Digital Delta'

by Justin A. Davis July 31, 2025November 5, 2025

Behind the Plants: Living in the Shadow of Industry on Cancer Alley

Behind the Plants: Living in the Shadow of Industry on Cancer Alley

by Wayan Barre April 17, 2025April 17, 2025

Illustrative header for Liberation Lineages, a photo series by Briana Blueitt

Liberation Lineages

by Briana Blueitt March 4, 2025August 11, 2026

A look at some of the destruction left behind by Hurricane Ida in 2021. These photos are from Houma and Dulac, Louisiana

After the Aftermath: Disaster Gentrification in Louisiana's Bayous

by Amanda Ostuni August 1, 2024August 5, 2024

Hell and High Water: From Gaza to Mississippi

Hell and High Water: From Gaza to Mississippi

by Mary Annaïse Heglar May 2, 2024August 27, 2024

Rescuers use an old row boat to evacuate children from their flooded homes in Gulfport, Mississippi, after Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast on Monday, August 29, 2005. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) Over 18 years after Hurricane Katrina, survivors' ongoing battles with trauma, mental health, and PTSD reveal the long shadow of environmental racism on Black mental health.

The hidden toll of Hurricane Katrina on the mental health of Black survivors

by Maya Richard-Craven November 22, 2023November 22, 2023

Residents seek higher ground on the roof of a home as floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina cover the streets on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 in New Orleans. (AP Photo/ Vincent Laforet, Pool) What we can learn from Hurricane Katrina preparedness failures and the deep inequities in federal disaster response efforts they exposed.

How Hurricane Katrina changed disaster preparedness and community response

by Yasmin Garaad November 16, 2023November 16, 2023

The weather bears witness: On calamity, rebirth, and Blackness in the face of climate crisis and the chaos of the natural world. "Perhaps in every wind roaring, in every storm raging, our ancestors are not only watching over us, but watching out for us."

Emergence

by Cherise Morris September 28, 2023September 28, 2023

A boarded up abandoned house is graffitied with a "Stop Cop City" tag, Thursday, July 20, 2023, in Atlanta. Activists with the Stop Cop City Vote Coalition are trying to get the signatures of more than 70,000 Atlanta residents by Aug. 14 to force a referendum allowing voters to decide the fate of a proposed police and firefighter training center. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Mutual aid allows movements to resist and transform oppressive systems. It could also be what ultimately sustains us against climate change.

POLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Mutual aid strengthens ATL's abolitionist organizing work

by Julian Rose September 28, 2023September 28, 2023

Stranded New Orleans residents watch as a helicopter evacuates others near the Superdome sports stadium August 31, 2005. Authorities have begun evacuating thousands from the damaged Superdome where living conditions have worsened since Hurricane Katrina struck on August 29, 2005. REUTERS/Jason Reed JIR/JK - RP6DRMZYNMAC Insufficient government response to the Maui wildfires follows a pattern of state abandonment forged in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

From Katrina to Maui, Disaster Capitalism continues to exploit across many 'Souths'

by Cierra Chenier September 27, 2023September 27, 2023

The geography of disaster, storms, and prison.

Perfect Storm: A time to refrain from embracing

by Richard Hunsinger June 23, 2023September 27, 2023

Inside the struggle of farmers and industrial workers in Gaza as Palestinians face exposure to environmental racism under Israeli blockade.

How Palestinian farmers and clothing workers struggle under Israeli blockade

by Rami Almeghari June 23, 2023November 14, 2023

The devastating impact of environmental racism in prisons.

POLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Poisoned Inside

by C. Dreams June 23, 2023September 27, 2023

How 'the shadow of state abandonment' fostered then foiled Young Thug's YSL

by Justin A. Davis February 9, 2023December 14, 2023

Cop City, Gentrification, and Young Thug: Atlanta's uneven war over greenspace in 'The City of the Forest'

by Justin A. Davis February 9, 2023December 1, 2023

POLITICS & THE PEOPLE

'This plan is a lie.' How biogas could do more harm than good for the hog industry

by Cameron Oglesby March 24, 2022September 27, 2023

A queer and in-color geography: From Mumbai to West Virginia

by Anjali Enjeti March 3, 2022March 4, 2022

Salt, Soil, & Supper: Amending Florida's constitution to save its waterways

by Xander Peters December 8, 2021September 27, 2023

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