DICKSON CO. LANDFILL UPDATE

End Toxic Racism in Dickson, Tennessee!

NRDC files lawsuit to cleanup Dickson County Landfill on behalf of Holt Family

NBEJN Joins HBCUs to Expose Environmental Racism in Tennessee

Tour Spotlights Effect Of Water Contamination On Dickson Family

Dickson County Landfill Lawsuit Settled: County Agrees To $400K Settlement

Toxics Tour Planned to Highlight Environmental Racism

Environmental racism takes Senate stage

Emmy Nomination for Contamination and a Crusade Video

Troubled Waters

A Well of Pain

Nightmare on Eno Road timeline

Dickson County, TN Slideshow

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KATRINA UPDATE

Toxic Trailers - Toxic Lethargy: How the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Has Failed to Protect the Public Health

Environmental Justice through the Eye of Hurricane Katrina

The Audacity of Corporate New Orleans; Name Change an insult to memory of Mayor Ernest N. Morial

Contaminated homes denied funds

Nightmare continues Presence of dangerous fumes confirmed in Katrina victims’ FEMA trailers

FEMA Plans Trailer Exodus Over Chemical

Judge Throws Out Katrina Suit Against Army

Probe: FEMA sugarcoated danger of hurricane trailers

FEMA Flip-Flops Again on Trailers

LET THEM EAT DIRT: Will the "Mother of All Toxic Cleanups" Be Fair to All NOLA Neighborhoods?

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NEWS

Physicians for Social Responsibility Applauds Federal Court Decision to Force Stronger Mercury Controls on New Coal Plants

Precedent Setting VICTORY for Civil Rights in the SOUTH BRONX!: NY State Supreme Court Rules City Must Disclose Clandestine Prison Planning

U.S. Representative Alcee L. Hastings Reintroduces Critical Environmental Justice Legislation

Environmental Justice Leaders Call for Tougher EPA Ozone Standard

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EVENTS

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Call To Action 2008 National Conference. November 7 - 9, 2008. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Facing Race, A national conference. Define Justice. Make Change. November 13-15, 2008 Oakland Marriot City Center

Men of Hope to Lead the Lanier Simpson Project for Community Restoration in Southwest Atlanta, November 15th, 2008. Atlanta, GA.

The 13th annual Seattle Human Rights Day lecture. December 11, 2008, Seattle, WA.


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