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PODCAST: Gentrification, Displacement, Heat Deaths, & the Robert E. Lee Tenants Union

We could know what happens to people after they are evicted. Just like we could know how many people are dying from extreme heat. In the struggle to stay housed, organizers must push against powerful entrenched forces that demand unknowing.

By Greg Harman

/ 26 Oct 2024

BORDER911: The Font of ‘Invasion’ Misinformation Hitched to Donald Trump’s Star

Dark money and charity organizations led by former intelligence officers and ex-feds have been spreading propaganda and laying the groundwork for presidential election challenges.

By Texas Observer

/ 24 Oct 2024

BORDER911: The Font of ‘Invasion’ Misinformation Hitched to Donald Trump’s Star

Louisiana PLEDGE Campaign Seeks to Liberate ‘Cancer Alley’ & Build a Climate Resilient Economy

Inspired by the climate-driven insurance crisis, congressional candidate Devin Davis signed onto the full PLEDGE campaign, which uses electoral politics to build movement power to reject fossil fuels and resist becoming their ‘extraction colonies.’

By Frances Madeson

/ 22 Oct 2024

Louisiana PLEDGE Campaign Seeks to Liberate ‘Cancer Alley’ & Build a Climate Resilient Economy

Corpus Christi Solidarity Action Decries Desalination & Polluting Industry as Election Gets Underway

Dozens gathered, prayed, and marched in Corpus Christi’s Hillcrest neighborhood to highlight the damages suffered across the coast due to what they describe as a history of elected leaders putting industry profits above the lives of residents.

By Gaige Davila

/ 22 Oct 2024

Corpus Christi Solidarity Action Decries Desalination & Polluting Industry as Election Gets Underway

In Climate Vulnerable New Mexico, Acequia Networks that Have Sustained Families for Generations Are Under Threat

Traditional irrigation canals have long held communal—even ‘spiritual’—power while helping balance the water supply during droughts. But this communal system is increasingly threatened by commodication of water, growers say.

By Undark

/ 18 Oct 2024

In Climate Vulnerable New Mexico, Acequia Networks that Have Sustained Families for Generations Are Under Threat

Trump’s Promised Mass Deportations Would Hurt Families—and ‘Decimate’ the U.S. Food Supply Chain

If the Republican candidate carries out his immigration agenda, who will run America’s farms?

By Grist

/ 17 Oct 2024

Trump’s Promised Mass Deportations Would Hurt Families—and ‘Decimate’ the U.S. Food Supply Chain

Corpus Christi ‘Clean Slate’ City Council Candidates Pledge to Resist Extractive Industrial Interests

‘Clean Slate’ candidates charge that decades of prioritizing heavy industry has threatened the area’s water security and risks spoiling the region’s natural wealth.

By Gaige Davila

/ 17 Oct 2024

Corpus Christi ‘Clean Slate’ City Council Candidates Pledge to Resist Extractive Industrial Interests

Press Forward Taps Deceleration for Media Grant Dedicated to Reinvigorating Local News

Deceleration, a young nonprofit online environmental justice magazine with roots in South Texas, continues to gain national notice—and investment.

By Deceleration Staff

/ 16 Oct 2024

Press Forward Taps Deceleration for Media Grant Dedicated to Reinvigorating Local News

PODCAST: SpaceX Wastewater, LNG in the RGV, & Sustained Indigenous Resistance

Deceleration speaks with Christopher Basaldú, a member of the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas and co-founder of the South Texas Environmental Justice Network

By Greg Harman

/ 12 Oct 2024