The Color of Water
Co-published with The Nation. In one of the richest agricultural areas in the world, residents of California’s colonias still don’t have access to clean running water.
Memphis May Have the Sweetest Water in the World, But Toxic Waste Could Ruin It All – A Comic
Co-published with The Guardian. Across a cluster of low-income, mostly Black neighborhoods, toxic waste sites risk contaminating an aquifer and endangering the lives of residents with noxious emissions.
California’s Dirty Little Secret: Oil Wells in the Backyard
Co-published with Grist. Even Texas and Wyoming do a better job protecting communities from oil and gas drilling.
Mega-Dairies, Disappearing Wells, and Arizona’s Deepening Water Crisis
Co-published with The Guardian. When wells run dry in the Willcox basin those who can afford to just dig deeper – leaving homes high and dry as the …
For Many Americans, Poor Water Access Heightens the COVID Threat
Co-published with U.S. News and World Report. In impoverished places like the rural South, standard amenities that form the baseline for warding off coronavirus infection can …
A Promise Unfulfilled: Water Pipeline Stops Short for Sioux Reservation
Co-published with The Guardian. After 25 years and a half-billion dollars, only half of the project’s water delivered to Pine Ridge Reservation comes from the Missouri …
In California, a Thirst for Change
Co-published with KCRW. An estimated one million Californians — mostly rural and poor — are exposed to contaminated water each year.
How Septic Tanks May Imperil this Florida Ecosystem
Co-published with PBS NewsHour with additional support from the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting. In Florida, one of the nation’s largest waterways is in …
The North Dakota Fracking Boom
Co-published with AlterNet. This is a story about one tribal nation grappling with the stresses of life during oil time - housing, traffic, crime, crowds, their …