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NationofChange ‘Sacrifice zones’: How people of color are targets of environmental racism A product of environmental racism, “sacrifice zones” are located near pollution hot spots and are usually communities of color. , a project of the Independent Media Institute. The Black Lives Matter movement and the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted how systemic racism disproportionately places danger and harm on low-income and minority populations. One harsh reality of this systemic racism is the existence of “sacrifice zones,” which are communities located near pollution hot sp...

How people of color are targeted in 'sacrifice zones' (Photo credit: wisepig/Flickr) A slew of enormous petrochemical facilities shape the skyline and pollute the environment along the Mississippi River corridor. The Black Lives Matter movement and the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted how systemic racism disproportionately places danger and harm on low-income and minority populations. One harsh reality of this systemic racism is the existence of "sacrifice zones," which are communities located near pollution hot spots that have been permanently impaired by intensive and ...

Sarah Nearman Herbert doesn’t want the late U.S. Senator George McGovern’s place in history to be forgotten. That’s why she wrote her book “George McGovern: South Dakota’s Legendary Legislator” in honor of him. Inspiration for the children's book came shortly after McGovern’s death in 2012, Herbert said. The book was written for a fourth- through eighth-grade reading level to teach students about McGovern’s significance to South Dakota, the U.S. and the world. She released the book in October last year. The only material available to fourth-graders on George McGovern was writt...

Wed, 03/17/2021 - 1:25pm -- tim Vermont Business Magazine Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ed Markey (D-MA), and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) along with Reps. Barbara Lee (D-CA), and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) on Wednesday introduced the  Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act to take on corporate greed by raising taxes on companies that pay their top executives at least 50 times more than the pay of a median worker. Americans across the political spectrum are outraged by the extreme gaps between CEO and worker pay. According to a nationwide survey, the typical American would limit ...

Reply March 5, 2021 DENVER -- Colorado advocates for children, low-income workers and other vulnerable populations are urging Congress to pass President Joe Biden's COVID relief package to address growing food and housing insecurity. Subscribe The American Rescue Plan cleared the U.S. House and is now before the Senate. Fifty-four percent of Coloradans with children have reported lost earnings in the pandemic, and one in five said they haven't always been able to afford food. Subscribe Stephanie Perez-Carrillo, policy and partnerships manager for the Colorado Children's Campaign, said familie...