Why do rural conservatives rally against water and air pollution but support politicians who allow corporations to pollute the air and water? One key factor is the GOP’s habit of using social and cultural issues like abortion rights to garner support from single-issue voters.
Generations of Water Policy Trumped-Up
Over its lifespan, the CWA has seen the inception of a host of new clean water regulations and the bill itself has been amended several times. Laws change from administration to administration but overall the CWA has gotten stricter with each new revision, until now.
The Structural Racialization of Food
How can so many citizens of the most wealthy and powerful nation in the world be so affected by food insecurity? To answer this question we have to examine who specifically is being affected, and as with our other recent blogs and newsletters, communities of color are disproportionately carrying this burden.