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Posted inClimate & Environment

Prison abolition is environmental justice

by Ray Levy Uyeda March 22nd, 2023March 22nd, 2023

Revived plans to construct a federal prison in Kentucky lay bare the harms of the prison-industrial complex on incarcerated people, the environment, and surrounding communities

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Local activism drives eastern Kentucky flood relief

by Sana Khan September 8th, 2022September 8th, 2022

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