The widow of Kenneth Eugene Smith spoke with Sojourners assistant editor Josina Guess. buff.ly/3Q2AtGh

Update on the impending deportation of a 23-year-old climate activist from Canada. Experts say this would be one of the first deportations for climate activism in North America. Read more on Inside Climate News

New Orleans journalist friends - our Inside Climate News crew has descended on the city and will be having an informal gathering with Mark Schleifstein at Molly’s at the Market at 7. Join us!

Incredible act of cowardice on the part of USC here. College students express political opinions. It is a feature of youth that those opinions are vehement. Ms Tabassum earned her place as valedictorian & ppl who disagree w her politics should not get a preemptive heckler’s veto

The scene while visiting incarcerated clients at Limestone prison today: One couldn’t meet w/me bc he was being held hostage for $130 in his dorm. Person who signed in before me stated reason for visit “retrieve inmate’s body.” Bus outside with logo “Corrections is Working.”

Many in Alabama don’t have access to food, running water, and health care.

It is unconscionable that state leaders would spend over $1 billion to construct the most expensive super-prison in the nation.

This should outrage everyone!

Via Lee Hedgepeth and Inside Climate News: Following an explosion that led to the death of a local man, residents are seeking answers about a mine that has also led to the closure of a local park and left gas stations unable to sell fuel. alabamareflector.com/2024/04/15/res… #alpolitics

Via Jemma K Stephenson: A year after a mass shooting that killed four people and injured at least 28, Dadeville and Camp Hill are still recovering. alabamareflector.com/2024/04/15/one… #alpolitics

Today’s must-read: Alabama Mine Cited for 107 Federal Safety Violations Since Home Explosion Led to Grandfather’s Death, Grandson’s Injuries.

Where Are State Officials?
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Incredible community journalism from Lee Hedgepeth to better inform residents after a fatal mine explosion destroyed a local home

Welcome to Alabama, where your house may blow up around you because there's a poorly regulated active mine under it and no one in Republican state government cares! I will never understand why people vote against their own self-interest.

Alabama’s lax environmental laws and nonexistent enforcement kills people.

People forget that the vast majority of environmental laws are there to protect human health and life!

Thanks to Lee Hedgepeth for being one of the few voices raising the alarm.