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Op-ed: Why funding for the environmental justice movement must be anti-racist

Environmental Health News

She was part of a group of undergraduate researchers at Sonoma State University that Dr. Daniel Soto and I had taken under our wing. Wed trained them to collect data and facilitate workshops in which they worked with community members from nearby environmental justice communities.

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Redlining’s lingering public health legacy 

Association of Health Care Journalists

The enduring health impacts of redlining an institutionalized practice that segregated communities by race for decades until it was banned in 1968 are compounding. Researchers found that among the 4,355 children diagnosed with cancer, the survial rate at five years was lower among those living in redlined neighborhoods (85.1%