A Digital Collection of Articles covering Uniontown’s struggle, life in Perry County, and the work of Black Belt Citizens: 2021-2016

11.23.2021 City of Marion, Alabama has bank account seized by IRS for unpaid payroll taxes, https://www.wvtm13.com/article/city-of-marion-alabama-has-bank-account-seized-by-irs-for-unpaid-payroll-taxes/38335640

11.23.2021 City of Marion Bank Accounts Frozen by IRS, https://www.alabamanews.net/2021/11/23/city-of-marion-bank-accounts-frozen-by-irs/

11.23.2021 City of Marion bank accounts no longer under levy, city works to get finances in order, https://abc3340.com/news/local/city-of-marion-bank-accounts-no-longer-under-levy-city-works-to-get-finances-in-order

11.19.2021 Multiple defendants charged in a scheme to “Straw Purchase”, https://www.trussvilletribune.com/2021/11/19/multiple-defendants-charged-in-a-scheme-to-straw-purchase/

11.11.2021 Keshee Dozier-Smith Brings Quality Health Care to Rural Alabama, https://www.birminghamtimes.com/2021/11/keshee-dozier-smith-brings-quality-health-care-to-rural-alabama/

10.28.2021 Uniontown Police Department in Need of More Officers, https://www.alabamanews.net/2021/10/28/uniontown-police-department-in-need-of-more-officers/

10.18.2021 Perry County Courthouse Improvement Project Set to Get Underway, https://www.alabamanews.net/2021/10/18/perry-county-courthouse-improvement-project-set-to-get-underway/

10.14.2021 Faced with Failing Sewage System, Rural Community in Alabama’s Black Belt Wants a Say in Finding a Solution, https://dailyyonder.com/faced-with-failing-sewage-system-rural-community-in-alabamas-black-belt-wants-a-say-in-finding-a-solution/2021/10/14/

10.7.2021 Officials working to secure funding and make repairs to Marion water system, https://abc3340.com/news/local/officials-working-to-secure-funding-and-make-repairs-to-marion-water-system

10.5.2021 Water woes continue in Marion as city tries to get finances in order, https://abc3340.com/news/local/marion-grocery-store-sells-more-water-amidst-ongoing-water-issues

10.4.2021 City of Marion addresses community’s concerns over ongoing water issues, https://abc3340.com/news/local/city-of-marion-addresses-ongoing-water-issues-at-city-council-meeting

10.4.2021 Prison plan passes: How it happened and what’s next, https://www.aldailynews.com/prison-plan-passes-how-it-happened-and-whats-next/

10.2.2021 Alabama lawmakers give final approval to plan to build two 4,000-bed prisons, https://www.al.com/news/2021/10/plan-for-two-4000-bed-alabama-prisons-could-win-final-approval-today.html

9.28.2021 Marion residents file water complaints with ADEM, https://abc3340.com/news/local/marion-residents-file-water-complaints-with-adem

9.27.2021 Lawmakers begin special session on building new Alabama prisons, https://www.al.com/news/2021/09/lawmakers-begin-special-session-on-building-new-alabama-prisons.html

9.23.2021 City of Marion reports water is safe, https://abc3340.com/news/local/marion-water-gets-clear-results

9.22.2021 Small Alabama towns struggle with water system issues, https://abc3340.com/news/local/small-alabama-towns-struggle-with-water-system-issues

9.22.2021 Purchase of Perry Co. Correctional Center Part of Governor’s Prison Plan, https://www.alabamanews.net/2021/09/22/purchase-of-perry-co-correctional-center-part-of-governors-prison-plan/

9.21.2021 Gov. Kay Ivey optimistic about lawmakers’ response to plan for new Alabama prisons, https://www.al.com/news/2021/09/gov-kay-ivey-optimistic-about-lawmakers-response-to-plan-for-new-alabama-prisons.html

9.21.2021 Boil Water Notice in Effect in Marion After Citywide Water Outage, https://www.alabamanews.net/2021/09/21/boil-water-notice-in-effect-in-marion-after-citywide-water-outage/

9.20.2021 Perry County facility key factor in prison plan, https://www.aldailynews.com/perry-county-facility-key-factor-in-prison-plan/

9.8.2021 Perry County’s Two Cities Each Get New Police Chiefs, https://www.alabamanews.net/2021/09/08/perry-countys-two-cities-each-get-new-police-chiefs/

9.7.2021 Draft bill calls for 2 new Alabama men’s prisons, 1 for women, https://www.al.com/news/2021/09/draft-bill-calls-for-2-new-alabama-mens-prisons-1-for-women.html

8.6.2021 Black Belt Interstate project added to Bipartisan Infrastructure Package, https://www.lowndessignal.com/2021/08/06/black-belt-interstate-project-added-to-bipartisan-infrastructure-package/

7.30.2021 Students Win Scholarships Worth $20-K, https://www.alasu.edu/students-win-scholarships-worth-20-k

7.26.2021 Marion Teen Gets $250,000 Dollars in Scholarships for College, https://www.alabamanews.net/2021/07/26/marion-teen-gets-250000-dollars-in-scholarships-for-college/

6.16.2021 Alabama senators say state already has property for new prisons, https://www.al.com/news/2021/06/alabama-senators-say-state-has-already-has-property-for-new-prisons.html

5.28.2021 Perry County Road Conditions Causing Safety Concerns, https://www.alabamanews.net/2021/05/28/perry-county-road-conditions-causing-safety-concerns/ 

5.27.2021 Judge orders Uniontown to stop fighting $31M sewer fix, https://www.al.com/news/2021/05/judge-orders-uniontown-to-stop-fighting-31m-sewer-fix.html

5.20.2021 Like George Floyd, Jimmie Lee Jackson’s death sparked a movement, https://texasnewstoday.com/like-george-floyd-jimmie-lee-jacksons-death-sparked-a-movement/279270/

5.20.2021 ‘First martyr of the voting rights movement’: How a Black man’s death in 1965 changed American history, https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2021/05/20/george-floyd-jimmie-lee-jackson-murder-led-to-voting-rights-act/7153822002/

5.20.2021 On the trail of Jimmie Lee Jackson, I found my civil rights roots, https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2021/05/20/george-floyd-voting-rights-jimmie-lee-jackson-essay/5031895001/

5.18.2021 Aux USA, Joe Biden s’attaque à la pollution des rivières, https://www.ouest-france.fr/monde/etats-unis/video-aux-usa-joe-biden-s-attaque-a-la-pollution-des-rivieres-36721324-138a-40f1-abaf-3f41deb2c7e3

4.22.2021 America is bordering on a water infrastructure crisis, https://born2invest.com/articles/america-bordering-water-infrastructure-crisis/

4.21.2021 7 Environmental Charities to Donate to on Earth Day, https://www.greenmatters.com/p/where-to-donate-on-earth-day

4.15.2021 Uniontown Mayor & Residents Express Frustrations Over Sewer Project, https://www.alabamanews.net/2021/04/15/uniontown-mayor-residents-express-frustrations-over-sewer-project/

3.31.2021 Perry County residents continue to clean up after storm, https://www.wsfa.com/2021/03/31/perry-county-residents-continue-clean-up-after-storm/

3.27.2021 The Washington Post ‘We’re going to take care of you, okay?’, https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/03/27/alabama-covid-vaccination/

3.22.2021 New data shows the ‘Black Belt’ has the highest percentage of vaccinations in Alabama, https://www.wbrc.com/2021/03/22/new-data-shows-black-belt-has-highest-percentage-vaccinations-alabama/

3.16.2021 Alabama’s Black residents lag behind white residents in getting Covid vaccine, https://news.yahoo.com/alabama-black-residents-lag-behind-225806316.html

3.16.2021 The next battle in Alabama: equalizing the vaccine, https://www.al.com/coronavirus/2021/03/the-next-battle-convincing-alabamians-to-get-the-vaccine.html

3.14.2021 Uniontown is polluted with coal ash. Here’s how some UA students are helping, https://cw.ua.edu/80979/news/uniontown-is-polluted-with-coal-ash-heres-how-some-ua-students-are-helping/

3.12.2021 Isolated Alabama communities face challenges getting people vaccinated, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEZ-j01rOJA

3.5.2021 Community Rally in Marion Aims to Promote Unity & Stop the Violence, https://www.alabamanews.net/2021/03/05/community-rally-in-marion-aims-to-promote-unity-stop-the-violence/

2.28.2021 Biden administration promises focus on environmental justice, like Uniontown’s 2013 coal ash claim, https://www.al.com/news/2021/02/biden-administration-promises-focus-on-environmental-justice-like-uniontowns-2013-coal-ash-claim.html

2.26.2021 Trash From All Over the Country Winds Up in Uniontown, https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2021-2-march-april/feature/trash-all-over-country-winds-uniontown

2.25.2021 Millions of students with limited broadband access at risk of falling behind amid COVID-19, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/millions-of-students-with-limited-broadband-access-at-risk-of-falling-behind-amid-covid-19

2.19.2021 Donzaleigh Abernathy discusses growing up the goddaughter of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the future of the civil rights movement, https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/diversity-inclusion/539542-donzaleigh-abernathy-discusses-growing-up-the

2.16.2021 UAB to hold sanitation health studies in region, https://www.selmatimesjournal.com/2021/02/16/uab-to-hold-sanitation-health-studies-in-region/

2.12.2021 Rash of Shootings Spark a Crackdown in Uniontown, https://www.alabamanews.net/2021/02/12/rash-of-shootings-spark-a-crackdown-in-uniontown/

1.25.2021 Family Feud in Marion Turns Deadly, https://www.alabamanews.net/2021/01/25/family-feud-in-marion-turns-deadly/

1.25.2021 High school senior killed in west Alabama store shootout, https://www.wsfa.com/2021/01/25/high-school-senior-killed-west-alabama-store-shootout/

1.19.2021 Uniontown Awarded Over $130,000 in Response to COVID-19 Outbreak, https://www.alabamanews.net/2021/01/19/uniontown-awarded-over-130000-in-response-to-covid-19-outbreak/ 

12.21.2020 Supporters of Kingston coal ash cleanup workers vow to keep fighting for worker safety, https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/crime/2020/12/21/kingston-coal-ash-memorial-disaster-relief-workers-cleanup-worker-safety/3921732001/

12.18.2020 The Real Resistance Begins Now: 25 Groups That Will Keep Fighting No Matter Who’s President, https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/the-real-resistance-begins-now-25-groups-that-will-keep-fighting-no-matter-whos-president/  

12.15.2020 A Legacy of Contamination: What happens when the fallout from the nation’s largest industrial disaster goes nuclear?, https://grist.org/justice/tva-kingston-coal-ash-spill-nuclear/

12.10.2020 Drive-up COVID-19 testing available in Perry County on Tuesdays in December, https://www.alabamapublichealth.gov/news/2020/12/10h.html

11.23.2020 The Heavy Toll of the Black Belt’s Wastewater Crisis, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/11/30/the-heavy-toll-of-the-black-belts-wastewater-crisis?fbclid=IwAR063x98Idvs7QDAO2WFvGDxpHJdjzGf0EZ2ordGytkjvI2XpShk2NJlAuo

11.20.2020 Southern Black Organizers Have Some Advice for Future Campaigns, https://zora.medium.com/southern-black-organizers-have-some-advice-for-future-campaigns-a97e15c4ee30

11.19.2020 Potential solution emerges for Alabama’s Black Belt sewage woes, https://www.al.com/news/2020/11/potential-solution-emerges-for-alabamas-black-belt-sewage-woes.html

11.17.2020 UA researchers hope to improve Black Belt water systems through grant,
https://abc3340.com/news/local/ua-researchers-hope-to-improve-black-belt-water-systems-through-grant

11.16.2020 TVA to choose from 2 landfills for coal ash removal project, https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/tva-to-choose-from-2-landfills-for-coal-ash-removal-project/2020/11/16/e3557de4-286d-11eb-9c21-3cc501d0981f_story.html

11.10.2020 DC Environmental Film Festival presents virtual fall showcase, https://wtop.com/entertainment/2020/11/dc-environmental-film-festival-presents-virtual-fall-showcase/

11.9.2020 Newly Elected Mayor Forced to Lay Off City Workers in Uniontown, https://www.alabamanews.net/2020/11/09/newly-elected-mayor-forced-to-lay-off-city-workers-in-uniontown/

11.7.2020 Alabama town without drinking water since Hurricane Zeta, https://apnews.com/article/alabama-hurricane-zeta-7bde8aad3b98adf1b26a6e26e77dae01

11.7.2020 Alabama town without drinking water since Hurricane Zeta, https://www.al.com/news/2020/11/alabama-town-without-drinking-water-since-hurricane-zeta.html

11.6.2020 Marion residents under boil water notice, restaurants closed temporarily, https://abc3340.com/news/local/marion-residents-under-boil-water-notice-restaurants-closed-temporarily

11.6.2020 Alabama Town Without Drinking Water Since Hurricane Zeta, https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/alabama/articles/2020-11-06/alabama-town-without-drinking-water-since-hurricane-zeta

11.6.2020 City of Marion without drinkable water after Hurricane Zeta, https://www.wsfa.com/2020/11/06/city-marion-without-drinkable-water-after-hurricane-zeta/

11.3.2020 Rural Alabama town nearly doubles voter turnout despite no heat and water at ballot station: ‘We’re surviving’, https://meaww.com/us-elections-2020-rural-alabama-town-heiberger-huge-voter-turnout-no-heat-water-at-ballot-station

11.2.2020 Crews working to restore power in Perry County, https://www.wsfa.com/2020/11/02/alabama-power-working-restore-power-perry-county/

11.2.2020 Exercise your right to vote, https://www.salemnews.com/coronavirus/exercise-your-right-to-vote/article_825c74a2-1cc9-11eb-813d-f304ac641468.html

10.30.2020 Redford Center Launches Environment-Themed Films to Encourage Voting, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/redford-center-launches-environment-themed-films-to-encourage-voting

10.27.2020 USDA Grant Awarded for Road Repair Project in Perry Co., https://www.alabamanews.net/2020/10/27/usda-grant-awarded-for-road-repair-project-in-perry-co/

10.23.2020 Where Did Trump Get the Idea That Americans Have the Cleanest Water?, https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/10/presidential-debate-trump-clean-water.html

10.21.2020 Three Killed in Deadly Shootings in West Alabama, https://www.alabamanews.net/2020/10/21/three-killed-in-deadly-shootings-in-west-alabama/

10.20.2020 Pandemic Worsens Internet Disparity in Alabama Black Belt, https://www.govtech.com/network/Pandemic-Worsens-Internet-Disparity-in-Alabama-Black-Belt.html

10.6.2020 Complete Election Results from October 6, 2020, https://www.alabamanews.net/election-results/

10.5.2020 Justice for Civil Rights Activist Jimmie Lee Jackson, https://ringsidereport.com/?p=94280 

9.1.2020 Schools scramble to help rural students get online for fall, https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2020/0901/Schools-scramble-to-help-rural-students-get-online-for-fall

8.31.20 2020 Uniontown, AL Mayor Election, https://www.bamapolitics.com/alabama/alabama-elections/2020-alabama-elections/2020-uniontown-al-mayor-election/ 

8.28.2020 ‘Who is standing up for us?’- Black, rural students left behind as U.S. schools go online, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-education-feat-idUSKBN25O1XR 

8.28.2020 EJ Clinic Conversations: The Struggle for Racial Justice in Rural Alabama, https://vermontlaw.edu/blog/environmental-justice/benjamin-eaton 

8.26.2020 Campaign 2020: The City Vote, https://www.alabamanews.net/election-results/

8.26.2020 Black and rural students left behind as U.S. schools go online, https://longreads.trust.org/item/coronavirus-black-students-suffer-poor-internet-schools-online-teaching  

8.14.2020 What To Watch Now: 5 Elections That Shaped American History, https://www.wgbh.org/programs/2020/08/14/what-to-watch-now-5-elections-that-shaped-american-history 

8.11.2020 10 egregious examples of environmental racism in the US, https://www.insider.com/environmental-racism-examples-united-states-2020-8 

7.23.2020 As more schools move online, access to internet presents roadblock in rural Alabama, https://www.al.com/news/2020/07/as-more-alabama-schools-move-online-access-to-internet-presents-challenge-in-rural-areas.html

7.23.2020 Perry County Commissioner drops out of Marion Mayoral race, https://www.selmatimesjournal.com/2020/07/23/perry-county-commissioner-drops-out-of-marion-mayoral-race/

6.17.2020 Clairvest Invests in Arrowhead Environmental Partners, https://www.pehub.com/clairvest-invests-in-arrowhead/

5.12.2020 Outbreak taking toll on African-Americans in Alabama, https://www.al.com/news/2020/05/outbreak-taking-toll-on-african-americans-in-alabama.html

5.1.2020 Case Study 6: The Face of Sanitation for the American Poor: Uniontown, AL, http://policyinnovation.org/water/equity/case-study-6-rural-sanitation

4.30.2020 Perry County to Open COVID-19 Drive-Up Testing Clinic, https://www.alabamanews.net/2020/04/30/perry-county-to-open-covid-19-drive-up-testing-clinic/

4.21.2020 Pandemic exposes inequalities in the state, https://www.al.com/opinion/2020/04/altogether-alabama-pandemic-exposes-inequalities-in-the-state.html

4.16.2020 Drive-Thru COVID-19 Testing Site Open in Uniontown on Saturday, https://www.alabamanews.net/2020/04/16/drive-thru-covid-19-testing-site-open-in-uniontown-on-saturday/

4.12.2020 Earth Day 2020: The Thirty Year War, https://www.ehn.org/earth-day-2020-2645690259.html

4.11.2020 Rural Families Struggle Without High-Speed Internet Access, https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/alabama/articles/2020-04-11/rural-families-struggle-without-high-speed-internet-access

4.8.2020 Alabama’s rural students and families struggle without access to high-speed internet, https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/education/2020/04/08/alabamas-rural-students-and-families-struggle-without-access-high-speed-internet-amid-coronavirus/5094269002/

4.6.2020 Apple iPad Grant Aids Home Schooling Effort in Perry Co., https://www.alabamanews.net/2020/04/06/apple-ipad-grant-aids-home-schooling-effort-in-perry-co/

3.21.2020 On the frontline, a rural physician prepares for coronavirus, https://www.al.com/news/2020/03/alone-on-the-frontline-a-rural-physician-prepares-for-coronavirus.html

3.11.2020 Civil rights: The road to Bloody Sunday began 30 miles away, http://www.akronlegalnews.com/editorial/28193

3.6.2020 TVA to remove coal ash from retired Tennessee plant, https://www.columbiadailyherald.com/news/20200306/tva-to-remove-coal-ash-from-retired-tennessee-plant

2.23.2020 Waste Advantage Magazine “‘Alternative Cover’ Landfill Bill Moves Forward; Alabama Department of Environmental Management Says Coal Ash No Longer Permitted Material”, https://wasteadvantagemag.com/alternative-cover-landfill-bill-moves-forward-alabama-department-of-environmental-management-says-coal-ash-no-longer-permitted-material/

2.21.2020 House passes landfill bill allowing alternative materials as temporary cover at landfills, https://www.alreporter.com/2020/02/21/house-passes-landfill-bill-allowing-alternative-materials-as-temporary-cover-at-landfills/

2.20.2020 ‘Alternative cover’ landfill bill raises concerns, more debate expected today”, https://www.aldailynews.com/alternative-cover-landfill-bill-raises-concerns-more-debate-expected-today/

2.19.2020 House considers bill to allow alternative materials as temporary cover at landfills, https://www.alreporter.com/2020/02/19/house-considers-bill-to-allow-alternative-materials-as-temporary-cover-at-landfills/

2.18.2020 Do We Trust ADEM to Protect Us, https://www.montgomeryindependent.com/opinion/do-we-trust-adem-to-protect-us/article_e7c5399a-5240-11ea-8b20-bfebf3172078.html

1.31.2020 Vacant private prison eyed after Holman inmates relocated, https://www.wsfa.com/2020/01/31/vacant-private-prison-eyed-after-holman-inmates-relocated/

1.30.2020 State discusses purchase of private prison in Perry County because of Holman closing, https://www.al.com/news/2020/01/state-discusses-purchase-of-private-prison-in-perry-county-because-of-holman-closing.html

1.21.2020 Teen Shot After Gunfire Erupts at HS Basketball Game in Uniontown, https://www.alabamanews.net/2020/01/21/teen-shot-after-gunfire-erupts-at-hs-basketball-game-in-uniontown/

12.29.2019 Rural healthcare isn’t easy. Here’s how one Alabama woman bridges gaps in the Black Belt, https://www.al.com/news/2019/12/rural-healthcare-isnt-easy-heres-how-one-alabama-woman-bridges-gaps-in-the-black-belt.html

12.22.2019 A Coal-Friendly EPA Does Americans No Favors, https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-12-22/coal-industry-hasn-t-cleaned-up-11-years-after-tennessee-disaster

12.12.2019 Opinion | Perry County Schools threatened by charter schools, https://www.alreporter.com/2019/12/12/opinion-perry-county-schools-threatened-by-charter-schools/ 

11.27.2019 Doug Jones urges EPA to enforce civil rights protections, https://www.alreporter.com/2019/11/27/doug-jones-urges-epa-to-enforce-civil-rights-protections/

11.26.2019 ‘The fight is still on:’ Doug Jones-hosted event focuses on Black Belt sewage problems, https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2019/11/25/the-fight-still-on-jones-hosted-round-table-focuses-black-belt-sewage-problems/4273266002/ 

11.26.2019 Black Belt environmental concerns top forum agenda, https://www.selmatimesjournal.com/2019/11/26/black-belt-environmental-concerns-top-forum-agenda/ 

11.24.2019 Study to look for signs of hookworm in Alabama’s Black Belt, https://apnews.com/aeed7170b8934486b6fdfd5e64a8791b

11.23.2019 Black Belt environment forum set in Selma, https://www.westalabamawatchman.com/black-belt-environment-forum-set-in-selma/

11.21.2019 Jones to host Selma environmental justice forum, https://www.selmatimesjournal.com/2019/11/21/jones-to-host-selma-environmental-justice-forum/

11.19.2019 Study aims to discover if hookworm, related intestinal parasites are present in Alabama Black Belt, https://www.uab.edu/news/research/item/10831-study-aims-to-discover-if-hookworm-related-intestinal-parasites-are-present-in-alabama-black-belt

11.10.2019 SLAPP Suits, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN8bJb8biZU

10.28.2019 ‘We deserve to not live around poison’: Alabama Resident Activists Speak Up Against Environmental Injustice, https://cornellsun.com/2019/10/28/we-deserve-to-not-live-around-poison-alabama-resident-activists-speak-up-against-environmental-injustice/

10.18.2019 Alabama ruling hits two landfills with ongoing environmental justice concerns, https://www.wastedive.com/news/alabama-landfill-environmental-justice-advanced-arrowhead-waste-management-court/565068/

10.11.2019 Court: Alabama environmental agency overstepped bounds, https://www.al.com/news/2019/10/court-alabama-environmental-agency-overstepped-bounds.html

10.9.2019 Owner of Alabama backyard juke joint Gip’s Place dies, https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/breakingnews/story/2019/oct/09/owner-backyard-juke-joint-gips-place-dies/505452/

10.4.2019 Environmental Injustice in Uniontown, Alabama, Decades after the Civil Rights Act of 1964: It’s Time For Action, https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_rights_magazine_home/vol–44–no-2–housing/environmental-injustice-in-uniontown–alabama–decades-after-the/

9.17.2019 Chestnut: ‘Nobody’s buying me’ following APR report, https://www.selmatimesjournal.com/2019/09/17/chestnut-nobodys-buying-me-following-apr-report/

9.13.2019 Juanita Abernathy, a Force in the Civil Rights Movement, Dies at 88, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/13/us/juanita-abernathy-dead.html

8.5.2019 To Be Somebody: The Radical Southern Labor Film Tradition, https://www.scalawagmagazine.org/2019/08/burnaway-labor-films/

7.9.2019 Proposed Resolution to Ban Coal Ash in Perry County Fails, https://www.alabamanews.net/2019/07/09/proposed-resolution-to-ban-coal-ash-in-perry-county-fails/

7.9.2019 Health Concerns Re-ignite Coal Ash Debate in Perry County, https://www.alabamanews.net/2019/07/09/health-concerns-reignite-coal-ash-debate-in-perry-county/

5.1.2019 Accessible sustainability, https://psuvanguard.com/accessible-sustainability/

4.22.2019 Hot Blast: How Alabama became the nation’s dumping ground, https://www.annistonstar.com/opinion/hotblast/hot-blast-how-alabama-became-the-nation-s-dumping-ground/article_a1a4695c-604e-11e9-b864-3701b150af43.html

4.15.2019 ‘We’re not a dump’ – poor Alabama towns struggle under the stench of toxic landfills, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/15/were-not-a-dump-poor-alabama-towns-struggle-under-the-stench-of-toxic-landfills

4.13.2019 How much untreated sewage gets dumped in Alabama’s Black Belt? UA team trying to find out, https://www.al.com/news/2019/04/how-much-untreated-sewage-gets-dumped-in-alabamas-black-belt-ua-team-trying-to-find-out.html

3.4.2019 Environmental justice begins with awareness, advocacy”=, https://www.newswise.com/articles/environmental-justice-begins-with-awareness-advocacy  

2.6.2019 Calling Out Environmental Racism, https://thecsrjournal.in/csr-calling-environmental-racism/  

1.28.2019 National Geographic, Cory Booker explore Alabama’s ‘environmental racism’, https://www.al.com/news/2019/01/national-geographic-cory-booker-explore-alabamas-environmental-racism.html?fbclid=IwAR2jHkcUMOafrOWepuwoIjv01i91OnvXbHBn0IQl0eZflKw3DJWxytzthBQ

1.28.2019 Lions of Zambia,    https://www.nationalgeographic.com/tv/watch/8aab0fce264e4e3e9abb8ba02c53d169/

1.24.2019 Uniontown Hopes to Finally Fix its Sewage Problem, https://wbhm.org/feature/2019/uniontown-hopes-to-finally-fix-its-sewage-problem/

1.18.2019 Screening of Uniontown documentary coming to York Jan. 18, https://www.demopolistimes.com/2019/01/18/screening-of-uniontown-documentary-coming-to-york-jan-18/

1.4.2019 Alabama Power blames rate increase on coal ash costs, https://www.al.com/news/2019/01/alabama-power-blames-rate-increase-on-coal-ash-costs.html

1.4.2019 Coal Ash Cleanup Costs to be Paid by Alapowco Customers, https://www.alabamanews.net/2019/01/04/coal-ash-cleanup-costs-to-be-paid-by-alapowco-customers/

1.2.2019 Alabama People’s Tribunal: ‘Food, water, health are human rights’, https://www.workers.org/2019/01/02/alabama-peoples-tribunal-food-water-health-are-human-rights/

12.25.2018 25 people to watch in 2019, https://www.al.com/expo/news/erry-2018/12/d632497b2d3183/25-people-to-watch-in-2019.html

12.6.2018 Alabama coal ash ponds do not meet EPA groundwater rules, must permanently close, https://www.al.com/news/2018/12/epa-alabama-coal-ash-ponds-do-not-meet-groundwater-rules-must-permanently-close.html

12.5.2018 EPA dismisses civil rights complaint against Alabama environmental agency, https://www.al.com/news/2018/12/epa-dismisses-civil-rights-complaint-against-alabama-environmental-agency.html

11.20.2018 Sewage Problems Could Soon Be Over in Uniontown, https://www.alabamanews.net/2018/11/20/sewage-problems-could-soon-be-over-in-uniontown/

11.18.2018 Uniontown earns $23.4M grant to upgrade wastewater system, https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/news/20181118/uniontown-earns-234m-grant-to-upgrade-wastewater-system

11.16.2018 USDA approves $23M for Uniontown sewage fix, https://www.al.com/news/2018/11/usda-approves-23m-for-uniontown-sewage-fix.html

11.16.2018 Uniontown receives $23M USDA grant, https://www.selmatimesjournal.com/2018/11/16/uniontown-receives-23m-usda-grant/

10.25.2018 Top Jacobs Engineering official defends firm’s treatment of Kingston coal ash workers, https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/crime/2018/10/25/kingston-coal-ash-spill-jacobs-engineering-tva/1735492002/?fbclid=IwAR32nXioHNEvrfdUboGrLzu9d20SamgsisWz9BlPuAxfd_ecvMJEHBOu-7c

10.23.2018 Maddox and Sen. Jones ask state to solve Uniontown sewage crisis, https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/politics/2018/10/23/walt-maddox-sen-doug-jones-ask-state-solve-uniontown-sewage-crisis-wastewater-federal-funding/1737878002/

10.23.2018 Jones and Maddox Call Out Governor Over Uniontown Sewage, https://www.alabamanews.net/2018/10/23/jones-and-maddox-call-out-governor-over-uniontown-sewage/

10.9.2018 Uniontown, AL: The struggle against environmental injustice and racism, https://www.liberationnews.org/uniontown-al-the-struggle-against-environmental-injustice-and-racism/

10.3.2018 Small Town vs. Big Pollution: Black Residents Allege Environmental Racism, http://theplanetweekly.com/6868-2/

10.2.2018 You Want to See Racism in Action? Look at Where We Dump Our Toxic Waste., https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a23568154/environmental-racism-alabama-toxic-waste-dumping/

10.2.2018 Environmental Negligence vs. Civil Rights: Black and Hispanic Communities Get More Pollution, Fewer Jobs, https://www.ecowatch.com/environmental-justice-civil-rights-2609569072.html

10.2.2018 When Big Polluters Come To Small Towns, Black Residents Lose Out, https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/small-town-pollution-black-residents_us_5bb2263ce4b041f9b7d05d77

10.1.2018 Small Town vs. Big Pollution: Black Residents Allege Environmental Racism, https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2018/10/01/small-town-vs-big-pollution-black-residents-allege-environmental-racism

9.20.2018 The Redford Center Grants Program Awards Development Funds to Seven Environmental Documentary Filmmakers, https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/the-redford-center-grants-program-awards-development-funds-to-seven-environmental-documentary-filmmakers-1027551830

9.18.2018 Black Belt Citizens Group Discusses Uniontown Issues, https://www.selmatimesjournal.com/2018/09/18/black-belt-citizens-group-discusses-uniontown-issues/

9.13.2018 10 Environmental Groups To Follow In The Fight Against Climate Change, https://www.bustle.com/p/10-environmental-groups-to-follow-in-the-fight-against-climate-change-8864648

9.11.2018 Problems for a Small Town, Uniontown Citizens Continue to Fight…, https://m.selmatimesjournal.com/2018/09/11/problems-for-a-small-town-uniontown-citizens-continue-to-fight-we-should-learn-from-them/

9.6.2018 Election complaints from 2016, 2017 special election resolved: Merrill, https://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2018/09/election_complaints_from_2016.html

9.5.2018 Merrill announces successful closure of voter fraud complaints, http://www.alreporter.com/2018/09/05/merrill-announces-successful-closure-of-voter-fraud-complaints/

9.4.2018 Sec. Merrill: Most AL voter fraud complaints now resolved, http://www.wtvm.com/story/39023176/sec-merrill-most-al-voter-fraud-complaints-now-resolved

9.4.2018 John Merrill announces 92 percent of Alabama election complaints closed, http://altoday.com/archives/26277-john-merrill-announces-92-percent-of-alabama-election-complaints-closed

9.2.2018 Sickened Kingston coal ash workers left with faulty, manipulated test results,
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/crime/2018/09/02/kingston-coal-ash-spill-faulty-manipulated-testing/1126963002/

8.23.2018 Toxic Battles: The Fight for Environmental Justice in Memphis https://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/toxic-battles-the-fight-for-environmental-justice-in-memphis/Content?oid=15449005

8.20.2018 Alabama: Deteriorating rural sewer and septic systems, https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/08/20/alab-a20.html

7.28.2018 Alabama expanding voter fraud probe in Black Belt, https://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2018/07/alabama_expanding_voter_fraud.html#incart_river_mobile_index

7.27.2018 USDA to offer $4 billion in loans for rural water, waste infrastructure, https://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2018/07/usda_to_award_4_billion_in_gra.html 

7.18.2018 Alabama investigating absentee votes in the Black Belt, https://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2018/07/alabama_investigating_absentee.html#incart_river_index

7.17.2018 EPA eases rules on how coal ash waste is stored across U.S., https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/epa-eases-rules-on-how-coal-ash-waste-is-stored-across-the-us/2018/07/17/740e4b9a-89d3-11e8-85ae-511bc1146b0b_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.1c74a9226dd3

7.9.2018 Environmental racism is dangerous. Trump’s EPA doesn’t seem to care, https://www.vox.com/identities/2018/7/9/17542240/environmental-racism-justice-scott-pruitt-donald-trump

7.5.2018 EPA to investigate Alabama’s environmental agency,  https://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2018/07/epa_to_investigate_alabamas_en.html

6.29.2018 Records: Same toxic coal ash, different EPA treatment of workers in Alabama, Tennessee,
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/crime/2018/06/29/kingston-coal-ash-epa-workers-lawsuit/723222002/

6.25.2018 This Group Helps Felons In Alabama Reclaim Their Voting Rights, https://www.newsy.com/stories/alabama-voting-rights-project-helps-felons-register-to-vote/  

6.19.2018 ADEM drops civil rights complaint policy. It might cost Alabama millions, https://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2018/06/adem_drops_civil_rights_policy.html 

6.10.2018 Call Him Commissioner Ben Eaton, https://ashepherdproductio.wixsite.com/asprod/blog/call-him-commissioner-ben-eaton

6.8.2018 Primary election results from West Alabama counties, http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/news/20180606/primary-election-results-from-west-alabama-counties

5.30.2018 Meet The Women Who Turned The Tide In Alabama, https://www.essence.com/news/women-who-turned-tide-alabama-women-voters-and-organizers

4.20.2018 Sewage problems still plague Uniontown after $4.8 million in repairs, http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2018/04/uniontown_sewage_problems.html

4.19.2018 Visit at your own risk: Uniontown’s residents plagued by sewage disaster, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhJEsscB3-g&t=1s

4.11.2018 Only Grocery Store in Uniontown Closes Down, http://www.alabamanews.net/2018/04/11/grocery-store-uniontown-closes/

4.9.2018 Lawsuit filed on behalf of Uniontown residents, https://www.selmatimesjournal.com/2018/04/09/lawsuit-filed-on-behalf-of-uniontown-residents/

4.7.2018 Lone grocery store in Uniontown closes down, https://www.selmatimesjournal.com/2018/04/07/lone-grocery-store-in-uniontown-closes-down/

3.31.2018 Uniontown lawsuit targets smells, waste from businesses, http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/news/20180331/uniontown-lawsuit-targets-smells-waste-from-businesses

3.30.2018 The EPA left this town in the dust. What happens now?, https://grist.org/article/the-epa-left-this-town-in-the-dust-what-happens-now/

3.27.2018 How the EPA Abandoned This Polluted Town Uniontown’s civil rights complaint has lingered for years. It was finally decided. Now what?, https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2018/03/how-the-epa-abandoned-this-polluted-town/

3.12.2018 EPA Dismisses Black Belt Citizens’ Environmental Justice Claim, https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2018/03/12/epa-dismisses-black-belt-citizens-environmental-justice-claim/

3.11.2018 Rich Eilbert’s song, Uniontown https://soundcloud.com/richeilbert/uniontown

3.10.2018 EPA Closes Uniontown Investigations, https://www.selmatimesjournal.com/2018/03/10/epa-closes-uniontown-investigations/

3.9.2018 Residents of Alabama Town Allege Environmental Racism. The EPA Disagrees., https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/residents-alabama-town-allege-environmental-racism-epa-disagrees  

3.9.2018 How an Alabama Town Is Fighting Against Cancerous & Toxic Coal Ash Dumping—No Thanks to Trump’s EPA, https://freespeech.org/stories/how-an-alabama-town-is-fighting-against-cancerous-toxic-coal-ash-dumping-no-thanks-to-trumps-epa/

3.9.2018 How an Alabama Town Is Fighting Against Cancerous & Toxic Coal Ash Dumping—No Thanks to Trump’s EPA, https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/9/how_an_alabama_town_is_fighting_against

3.8.2018 EPA dismisses civil rights complaints against Alabama Department of Environmental Management, http://www.wastetodaymagazine.com/article/epa-dismisses-civil-rights-complaints-against-alabama-landfill/

3.7.2018 Uniontown, Alabama residents denounce EPA for closing Civil Rights investigations, http://broward.us/2018/03/07/uniontown-alabama-residents-denounce-epa-for-closing-civil-rights-investigations/

3.7.2018 EPA Says That Environmental Racism Is Completely OK, https://trofire.com/2018/03/07/epa-says-environmental-racism-completely-ok/

3.7.2018 Coal Hearted, https://grist.org/briefly/uniontown-alabama-residents-are-saying-the-epa-doesnt-care-about-black-people/

3.7.2018 EPA Rules That Landfill in Majority Black Alabama Town is Not a Health Hazard, https://www.colorlines.com/articles/epa-rules-landfill-majority-black-alabama-town-not-health-hazard  

3.7.2018 EPA Rejects Civil Rights Complaint Over Alabama Coal Ash Dump, https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07032018/epa-uniontown-coal-ash-civil-rights-ruling-landfill-alabama-tva-kingston-spill

3.7.2018 EPA closes civil rights complaints over Alabama landfill, http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2018/03/epa_closes_civil_rights_compla.html

3.6.2018 EPA rebuffs Ala. town’s civil rights claim, https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2018/03/06/stories/1060075533

3.6.2018  Alabamians blast EPA over coal ash landfill in poor, black town, http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/alabamians-blast-epa-coal-ash-landfill-poor-black-town-article-1.3858923

3.6.2018 EPA Dismisses Civil Rights Case Over Toxic Landfill in Alabama, https://www.thedailybeast.com/epa-dismisses-civil-rights-case-over-toxic-landfill-in-alabama

3.6.2018 EPA Closes Alabama Civil Rights Complaints Alleging Environmental Racism, https://www.booker.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=759

3.6.2018 Environmental racism case: EPA rejects Alabama town’s claim over toxic landfill, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/06/environmental-racism-alabama-landfill-civil-rights

3.5.2018 AL Residents Denounce EPA for Closing Civil Rights Investigations, https://law.yale.edu/yls-today/news/al-residents-denounce-epa-closing-civil-rights-investigations

3.2.2018 Uniontown Care and APCO deliver packages, http://alabamanewscenter.com/2018/03/02/alabama-power-service-organization-volunteers-spread-cheer-cheeriodicals-care-packages/

2.16.2018 Empty Suits, Defamation law and the price of dissent, https://harpers.org/archive/2018/03/empty-suits/6/

2.15.2018 Black Belt Citizens: From Electing Doug Jones to Fighting Environmental Racism, https://millennialpolitics.co/black-belt-citizens/

12.26.2017 The Lady and the land: Esther Calhoun leads The Black Belt Citizens in the fight against environmental racism in rural Alabama, https://www.scalawagmagazine.org/2017/12/scws-profile-calhoun/

11.15.2017 Uniontown Residents Said to be Poisoned by Their Environment,  http://wtug.com/uniontown-residents-said-to-be-poisoned-by-their-environment/

11.14.2017 Rash of Fires Spark Arson Investigation in Uniontown, http://www.alabamanews.net/2017/11/14/rash-fires-spark-arson-investigation-uniontown/

11.13.2017 Uniontown residents looking for answers after 3 houses set on fire, http://www.wsfa.com/story/36831853/uniontown-residents-looking-for-answers-after-3-houses-set-on-fire

9.9.2017 Welcome to Uniontown, Alabama, A Town Facing Environmental Injustice, https://www.facebook.com/NowThisPolitics/videos/1697644960266987/

8.14.2017 Crumbling pipes, tainted water plague black communities, https://troubledwater.news21.com/crumbling-pipes-tainted-water-plague-black-communities/

8.1.2017 The Black Belt Citizens Fight for Clean Air and Water in Uniontown, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQKOErQWj-Y

4.26.2017 Environmental Injustice in Uniontown, AL,  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/southeastgreen/2017/04/26/environmental-injustice-in-uniontown-alabama

4.23.2017 Earth Day 2017: 3 Environmental-Justice Groups That Are Putting Up a Good Fight in Trump’s America, http://www.theroot.com/earth-day-2017-3-environmental-justice-groups-that-are-1794518234

3.7.2017 Uniontown residents were denied a voice in environmental struggle, http://www.cw.ua.edu/article/2017/03/uniontown-residents-were-denied-a-voice-in-environmental-struggle

2.15.2017 Landfill drops lawsuit against community activists, http://www.selmatimesjournal.com/2017/02/15/landfill-drops-lawsuit-against-community-activists/

2.10.17 ACLU Lawsuit Forces Landfill Company to Agree to Free Speech and Environmental Protections, http://planetsave.com/2017/02/10/aclu-lawsuit-forces-landfill-company-agree-free-speech-environmental-protections/

2.8.2017 Alabama Town That Fought Coal Ash Landfill Wins Settlement, https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07022017/coal-ash-environmental-justice-uniontown-alabama-green-group-holdings-aclu

2.7.2017 $30 million lawsuit against Uniontown landfill protesters dismissed, http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/02/30_million_lawsuit_against_uni.html

2.7.2017 Landfill drops defamation lawsuit against community activitsts, agress to environmental protections, https://www.aclu.org/news/landfill-drops-defamation-lawsuit-against-community-activists-agrees-environmental-protections

2.7.2017 Landfill Owner Drops Defamation Lawsuit Against Uniontown Residents,  http://www.alabamanews.net/2017/02/07/landfill-owner-drops-defamation-lawsuit-uniontown-residents/

2.7.2017 Landfill owner drops speech suit against Alabama residents, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/7/landfill-owner-drops-speech-suit-against-alabama-r/

1.20.2017 EPA works to remake troubled Office of Civil Rights, https://www.publicintegrity.org/2017/01/20/20604/epa-works-remake-troubled-office-civil-rights

12.10.2016 Uniontown’s sewage problems persist, http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/news/20161210/uniontowns-sewage-problems-persist

12.6.2016 Uniontown holds public hearing for ongoing sewer issues, http://www.selmatimesjournal.com/2016/12/06/uniontown-holds-public-hearing-for-ongoing-sewer-issues/

12.5.2016 Residents want to know what’s next for Uniontown’s ‘sewage disaster’, http://www.wsfa.com/story/33918920/residents-want-to-know-whats-next-for-uniontowns-sewage-disaster

10.14.2016 Lack of Anti-SLAPP Legislation Prevents Environmental Justice in Alabama, https://alabamacivilrights.wordpress.com/2016/10/14/lack-of-anti-slapp-legislation-prevents-environmental-justice-in-alabama-by-gonzalo-e-rodriguez/

10.10.2016 Environmentalists and Corporations Struggle Over Boundaries of Free Speech, http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/2169756-environmentalists-and-corporations-struggle-over-boundaries-of-free-speech/

10.3.2016 Ashes or lilies: Alabama & environmental health, justice http://www.workers.org/2016/10/03/ashes-or-lilies-alabama-environmental-health-justice/

10.3.2016 How much more environmental injustice must Uniontown, Al. bear? http://www.louisianaweekly.com/how-much-more-environmental-injustice-must-uniontown-al-bear/

9.29.2016 New Report: Poor Americans of Color Drink Filthy Water and Breathe Poisonous Air All the Damn Time, http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2016/09/epa-civil-rights-environmental-justice-report-coal-ash

9.23.2016 Report slams EPA civil rights compliance, https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/09/23/20256/report-slams-epa-civil-rights-compliance

9.23.2016 New Report Slams EPA For “Environmental Racism” In Many Poor Communities,
https://www.buzzfeed.com/nidhisubbaraman/epa-environmental-racism?utm_term=.hiDkkBgN8a#.nm2bbD1YBl

9.23.2016 How much more environmental injustice must Uniontown, Alabama, bear? https://www.facingsouth.org/2016/09/voices-how-much-more-environmental-injustice-must-uniontown-alabama-bear

9.20.2016 UM Environmental Club takes on new campaign, http://www.shelbycountyreporter.com/2016/09/20/um-environmental-club-takes-on-new-campaign/

8.19.2016 This Town Is Sick of Drinking Polluted Water, https://www.thenation.com/article/this-town-is-sick-of-drinking-polluted-water/

8.15.2016 Sewage Problems in Uniontown Spark City Hall, Protest, http://www.alabamanews.net/2016/08/15/sewage-problems-in-uniontown-spark-city-hall-protest/

7.6.2016 Corporation Sues Poor, Black Community Fighting Environmental Racism, https://www.popularresistance.org/corporation-sues-poor-black-community-fighting-environmental-racism/

7.5.2016 The Alabama Landfill That Brought Noise, Health Woes, and a Lawsuit, http://insideclimatenews.org/news/29062016/alabama-landfill-brought-noise-health-woes-and-lawsuit

6.17.2016 Meet the activist getting sued for complaining about a coal-ash dump, http://grist.org/justice/meet-the-activist-getting-sued-for-complaining-about-a-coal-ash-dump/

6.13.2016 Community Activists Sued For $30 Million For Calling Out Local Polluters, https://www.mintpressnews.com/community-activists-sued-30-million-calling-local-polluters/217169/

6.9.2016 Environmental Justice Activists in Alabama Fight $30 Million Defamation Lawsuit, http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/elist/eListRead/environmental_justice_activists_alabama_defamation_lawsuit/

6.6.2016 These Four People Were Sued For $30 Million For Trying To Stop A Toxic Landfill, http://www.healthnutnews.com/four-people-sued-30-million-trying-stop-toxic-landfill/

6.2.2016 Opponents of huge Alabama landfill fight company’s $30m defamation suit, http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/02/uniontown-alabama-landfill-defamation-suit-green-group

In This Poor, Black, Polluted Alabama Town, Speaking Up Gets You Sued, https://www.aclu.org/blog/speak-freely/poor-black-polluted-alabama-town-speaking-gets-you-sued

These Four People Were Sued for $30 Million for Trying to Stop a Toxic Landfill, http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/06/02/these-four-people-were-sued-30-million-trying-stop-toxic-landfill

Activists wanted to clean up a coal ash dump. Dump sued activists for complaining, http://grist.org/justice/activists-wanted-to-clean-up-a-coal-ash-dump-dump-sued-activists-for-complaining/

ACLU Says 1st Amendment Bars $30M Landfill Libel Suit, http://www.law360.com/articles/803008/aclu-says-1st-amendment-bars-30m-landfill-libel-suit

Al landfill activists seek dismissal of slander suit, http://www.seattletimes.com/business/alabama-landfill-activists-seek-dismissal-of-slander-suit/

Uniontown, Ala. Where money and coal ash have won out, http://www.thepress-sentinel.com/view/full_story_free/27197631/article-Uniontown–Ala—Where-money-and-coal-ash-have-won-out?instance=lead_story

Protesters Fight Back Against Coal Ash Defamation Lawsuit, http://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/news/200/protesters-fight-back-against-coal-ash-defamation-lawsuit/

5.23.2016 In Alabama’s Black Belt, impoverished citizens face slander suit for daring to point out eco-crimes, http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/05/23/1528843/-In-Alabama-s-Black-Belt-impoverished-citizens-face-slander-suit-for-daring-to-point-out-eco-crimes

5.23.2016 Landfill Company Sues Black Residents After They Complain About Environmental Racism, http://yourblackworld.net/2016/05/23/landfill-company-sues-black-residents-after-they-complain-about-environmental-racism/

5.19.2016 Alabama Landfill Company Sues Black Residents for Speaking Out Against Environmental Racism, http://atlantablackstar.com/2016/05/19/alabama-landfill-company-sues-black-residents-speaking-environmental-racism/

5.12.2016 In Alabama, a Landfill Operator Sues Its Black Critics Amid Civil Rights Complaints, http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/35986-in-alabama-a-landfill-operator-sues-its-black-critics-amid-civil-rights-complaints

4.22.2016 Earth Day is Everyday: The Fight for Environmental Justice in Alabama’s Black Belt, http://nspiregreen.com/earth-day-is-everyday-the-fight-for-environmental-justice-in-alabamas-black-belt/

4.22.2016 Earth Day 2016: 5 Black Communities That Are Fighting Environmental Threats, http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2016/04/earth_day_2016_like_flint_these_5_black_communities_are_dealing_with_environmental.2.html

4.15.2016 Slander suit against citizens battling Alabama coal ash dump shows downsides of landfill disposal, http://www.southernstudies.org/2016/04/slander-suit-against-citizens-battling-alabama-coa.html

4.12.2016 BBC members and attorneys respond to landfill’s slander suit, http://earthjustice.org/news/press/2016/civil-rights-complainants-denounce-company-s-intimidation-tactics

4.6.2016 Arrowhead Landfill’s attorneys file a lawsuit against the BBC for alleged slander, http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/04/arrowhead_landfill_owners_sue.html#incart_river_mobileshort_index

4.6.2016 Al community fights env racism, http://www.workers.org/articles/2016/04/06/alabama-community-fights-environmental-racism/

4.4.2016 Sharing stories makes for better professionals, http://www.cw.ua.edu/article/2016/04/sharing-stories-makes-for-better-professionals

3.14.2016 Why the U.S. Civil Rights Commission Is Investigating the EPA, http://www.citylab.com/politics/2016/03/why-the-us-civil-rights-commission-is-investigating-the-epa/473487/

3.11.2016 Leadership Conference 2016 Opening Session, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhIhoxR7uC

3.2.2016 Opposition’s attacks on Perry County’s Arrowhead Landfill unfounded, http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/03/oppositions_attacks_on_perry_c.html

2.14.2016 Esther Calhoun: An Alabama town’s toxic crisis — over coal ash, http://savannahnow.com/opinion-column/2016-02-14/esther-calhoun-alabama-towns-toxic-crisis-over-coal-ash#

2.12.2016 Coal Ash Dump in Alabama’s Black Belt — Another Symbol of Racism’s Staying Power, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/keith-rushing/coal-ash-dump-in-alabamas_b_9220854.html

2.11.2016 Landfill destroying town, http://thetimes-tribune.com/opinion/landfill-destroying-town-1.2005758

2.10.2016 Waller County landfill plan is ‘dead’, http://m.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Landfill-proposed-for-Waller-County-site-is-6821687.php

2.8.2016 Environmental Injustice – How Coal Ash Is Poisoning Poor Communities of Color in the US, http://uprisingradio.org/home/2016/02/08/environmental-injustice-how-coal-ash-is-poisoning-poor-communities-of-color-in-the-us/#sthash.6ZeYdsOg.dpuf

2.5.2016 Residents of minority communities decry dumping of toxic coal ash, http://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/02/05/19263/residents-minority-communities-decry-dumping-toxic-coal-ash

2.4.2016 Civil Rights Commission to hold hearing on environmental justice, http://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/02/04/19209/civil-rights-commission-hold-hearing-environmental-justice

2.2.2016 Gov. Bentley Awards Grant to Address Uniontown Sewer Problem, http://www.alabamanews.net/2016/02/02/gov-bentley-awards-grant-to-address-uniontown-sewer-problem/

1.26.2016 Environmental Justice, What the Candidates Missed in Flint Michigan and the rest of the country, http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34552-environmental-justice-what-the-candidates-missed-in-flint-michigan-and-the-rest-of-the-country

1.23.2016 7 Toxic Assaults on Communities of Color Besides Flint: The Dirty Racial Politics of Pollution, http://www.alternet.org/environment/7-toxic-assaults-communities-color-besides-flint-dirty-racial-politics-pollution

1.19.2016 Reminders on MLK Day that pollution is often an affront to civil rights, too, https://www.minnpost.com/earth-journal/2016/01/reminders-mlk-day-pollution-often-affront-civil-rights-too

1.18.2016 On MLK Day, environmental justice deserves a key role, http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/2016/jan/editorial-remember-martin-luther-king-jr.-dont-forget-environmental-justice

1.14.2016 Spotlight hits coal ash impact on poor and minority communities, http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/2016/jan/coal-ash-environmental-justice-epa-civil-rights