People in prison and prison communities have many things in common—economic conditions, the quality of the air and water, and their health are interconnected in profound ways. @stopitkatie.bsky.social explores how this interconnectedness is a point of solidarity in the fight to stop a new prison.
They were incarcerated in Eastern Kentucky, far from home. Now they’re free and back, hoping the region won’t build a new prison there.
Read @stopitkatie.bsky.socialgrist.org/energy/oil-c... Will the same companies exploit our natural resources and create the same kind of harm as fossil fuel companies? Or can we create a different kind of future?
Community benefits agreements are a labor organizing tool often used for sports stadiums. But they can also be used to address community concerns about big energy transition projects. That’s how west TN is handling a huge new EV factory. grist.org/solutions/a-...
Legally binding community benefits agreements are making sure the green transition projects coming to town work for the good of everyone.
The recent contract ratified by UAW delivers higher wages and paves the way for greater unionization in the auto sector amid the EV transition. @stopitkatie.bsky.socialgrist.org/labor/the-ua...
The historic UAW contract solidifies workers' role in the electric vehicle transition and already has other automakers raising wages.
New for Grist: on old strip mines, forests are recovering. Researchers are urging would-be developers to treat them like ecosystems, not blank slates. “It’s not true that these are just ecological voids where nothing is living there.” grist.org/science/the-...
A review of new and old research shows coal strip mines rebound in remarkable ways, findings that could shape a new vision for these ravaged landscapes.
One of my first forays into journalism was this piece on a long running protest of a 2018 hospital consolidation across rural East Tennessee & SWVA. In the years since, the system has failed to meet multiple benchmarks. scalawagmagazine.org/2020/04/appa...
For years, hospital privatization schemes have put profit over people.
With a government shutdown four days away, the Biden administration has started to ration federal disaster aid, delaying the delivery of about $2.8 billion in grants so the money is available in the event of a crisis, according to state and federal officials and documents obtained by The Post.
The agency has paused long-term disaster recovery aid in nearly every U.S. state and territory in case a government shutdown collides with hurricane season.
38 more locations on strike for #UAW - including several in the South.
We went into a rabbit hole for this one about the failure of UAW to organize the South. Mostly this isn’t about that - it’s about the anxieties of the EV shift and their role in the strike - but the South is going to be vital to keep worker power through the transition. grist.org/transportati...
"The EV transition must be a just transition that ensures auto workers have a place in the new economy.”
If you’re looking for Hawaii/Maui wildfire coverage, Honolulu Civil Beat is a really superb publication.
Connectivity improved with the arrival of a pair of Wi-Fi trucks equipped with cell phone charging stations and power was restored for a few thousands people.