Tag: marginalized
Extreme Heat in U.S. Schools Disproportionately Affects Marginalized Students
Kids from Marginalized Communities Are Learning in the Hottest Classrooms The first national study of its kind shows that children from marginalized communities are more exposed to extreme heat events By Humberto Basilio edited by Andrea Thompson A fan moves air around in a third-grade classroom in Denver, Colo., on October 8, 2024. A heat…
Trump’s Revocation of Environmental Justice Order Will Hurt Marginalized Communities
Trump Environment Order Will Leave ‘Vulnerable Communities in the Shadows’ President Trump has revoked a 1994 directive that required agencies to protect minority or low-income areas from pollution and health hazards By Thomas Frank, Jean Chemnick & E&E News A man walks along an overpass above the Cross Bronx Expressway, a notorious stretch of highway…