Pollution problems have been building as more of the eggs, meat and milk we consume are produced by a farming system that's closer to people’s homes.

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Protecting people’s health from environmental hazards, Maricela Mares-Alatorre and her family found out the hard way, is a never-ending fight. She was in high school in the late 1980s when her parents ...

The Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act was supposed to be a strong dose of medicine for the ills of heirs’ property — jointly owned land with multiple heirs not documented in wills or deedbooks, ...

The schools beside the highways, byways Big cities, where empty land is a rarity and traffic much harder to avoid, are the places you’re most likely to find a school near a busy road. New York and Los ...

Growing Food, Sowing Trouble Lake Erie turns toxic every summer. Officials aren’t cracking down on the source.

This story also appeared in Mother Jones JACKSON, Miss. — Amia Edwards lives here because she wants to make a difference. But in this majority-Black city, long starved for funding by the state’s ...

Vibrio is a group of rod-shaped bacteria found in brackish and balmy coastal waters. It has many species but only about a dozen make people sick.

A type of law first created after the end of slavery to prohibit Black men from voting prevented more than 4.6 million Americans from participating in the 2022 midterm elections. Forty-eight states ...

The Trump administration has repeatedly stood in the way of a complete census count. It has pursued policies that make immigrants less likely to respond.

Lawsuits claiming reverse discrimination are holding up efforts to cancel loan debts farmers of color owe the U.S. Department of Agriculture.