Could disaster recovery include protecting women from domestic abuse and exploitation?
Proposed legislation would strengthen FEMA’s response to gender-based violence, an issue advocates say is often overlooked after natural disasters.
Topic
Environment & Climate
On This Topic
-
-
A town 14 miles from Dallas has no clean drinking water. She’s trying to fill the gap.
The people of Sand Branch have lived without a functioning water infrastructure for decades. Christina Parks is trying to preserve what’s left of her community.
-
Families lost weeks of food they couldn't afford to replace. Then their SNAP claims were denied.
As the city of Gary recovers from a devastating power outage, advocates say Indiana has a simple fix at its fingertips that could get parents the help they need.
-
They grew up breathing Detroit air. Generations of women are pushing for new approaches to pollution.
Some are organizing and training to advocate for their neighbors; some are trying to change the laws to consider the cumulative burden of pollution.
-
National park signs on women and LGBTQ+ history are disappearing. Librarians are preserving the record
The revisions have scrubbed or softened accounts of violence, slavery, activism and lived experiences, raising questions about whose stories the government considers worth telling.
-
How a family swimming spot at a national forest became 'a trap' for an ICE raid
After 13 people were detained at a popular North Carolina swimming spot, advocates worry that the raids will discourage immigrant families from visiting public lands.
-
Mississippi is getting hotter. Experts say it’s hurting moms and babies.
Exposure to extreme heat can be harmful during pregnancy, but most doctors don't routinely address it.
-
Meet the woman behind the world’s first environmental justice encyclopedia
Dorceta Taylor spent decades pushing back on the idea that environmentalism ‘wasn't a Black thing.’ Now she's rewritten its history.
-
Trump dismantled a federal climate website. These women rebuilt it.
After losing their jobs at NOAA, Rebecca Lindsey, her sister and another colleague teamed up to rebuild a pivotal resource the Trump administration took offline.
-
No, abortion pills aren’t polluting your water — but the EPA is testing for it
Under pressure from anti-abortion advocates and officials, the EPA has agreed to study whether mifepristone and misoprostol are in the water supply in multiple cities.