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Adapted from an interview with Miguel Acosta, Co-Director of Earth Care, conducted by Amy Laura Cahn. Tell us a little bit about you and your community. Miguel Acosta: I usually tell people that I was made in Mexico, born in Chicago, and I'll die in New Mexico. I’m the Co-director of Earth Care. We do work around climate justice and environmental justice on a statewide level. … [Read more...] about Voices of Resistance — Miguel Acosta

Amy Laura Cahn On October 12, 2022, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a “Letter of Concern” to the Louisiana Departments of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) and Health (LDH) indicating that EPA was close to making findings of discrimination in the permitting of industrial facilities along Cancer Alley–one of the worst ongoing examples of environmental racism in … [Read more...] about A battle for the soul of Title VI in Cancer Alley

Jon Greenbaum Like tens of millions of Americans, the election of Donald Trump as President for a second time has filled me with dread, based on the policies he has already announced – many of which would violate the Constitution, federal law, and basic democratic principles. But unlike some others, I have not felt a sense of powerlessness. The election has given me a new … [Read more...] about The upcoming legal resistance to Project 2025 and the second Trump Administration

Professor Michael Lens (UCLA) recently published Where the Hood At? Fifty Years of Change in Black Neighborhoods (Russel Sage), which “examines the characteristics and trajectories of Black neighborhoods across the United States over the 50 years since passage of the Fair Housing Act.” Willow Lung Amam (U.MD) published The Right to Suburbia: Combating Gentrification on the … [Read more...] about Recent work by members of PRRAC’s Social Science Advisory Board