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The LA County Wildfires & the Trauma of Sudden Displacement

Black Health Matters

Climate crises are ravaging the nation, causing and amplifying severe health challenges. Many others who are not in the public eye have also been displaced, including the residents of Altadena, a community that Black people have lived and loved since the Great Migration. These crises can affect the quality of ones mental health.

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Op-ed: Toxic prisons teach us that environmental justice needs abolition

Environmental Health News

I also spoke with dozens of formerly incarcerated people who explained that the physical and mental suffering they endured in prisons from both environmental and social factors left them in much worse shape than before their sentences. One prevalent hazard I studied was air pollution.