The Margin
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An independent, nonprofit, award-winning publication dedicated to investigative and data driven journalism on environmental and climate justice in the United States.
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In 2025, we watched climate disasters intensify—more fires, floods, and heat—while leaders backed away from their commitments to a green and just transition. The Margin released two new issues and won three awards.
December 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
In 2025, we watched climate disasters intensify—more fires, floods, and heat—while leaders backed away from their commitments to a green and just transition. The Margin released two new issues and won three awards.
In a year marked by chaos, The Margin featured ten stories that provided a unique glimpse into the reality of environmental and climate injustice. And in each and every story, we centered the people.
December 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
In a year marked by chaos, The Margin featured ten stories that provided a unique glimpse into the reality of environmental and climate injustice. And in each and every story, we centered the people.
We write stories about the families breathing unsafe air, communities watching their land disappear, and historic towns trying to write new futures.
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You can make sure we tell more of them: tinyurl.com/donate-the-margin
December 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
We write stories about the families breathing unsafe air, communities watching their land disappear, and historic towns trying to write new futures.
You can make sure we tell more of them: tinyurl.com/donate-the-margin
You can make sure we tell more of them: tinyurl.com/donate-the-margin
When environmental justice news thrives, so, too, do frontline communities.
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December 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
When environmental justice news thrives, so, too, do frontline communities.
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⏳Give now or by December 31 for TRIPLE the impact: tinyurl.com/donate-the-margin
The Margin was founded on the 40th anniversary of the environmental justice movement, in the tradition of Dr. Ben Chavis and over 500 Warren County, NC residents who protested a new hazardous waste landfill.
December 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The Margin was founded on the 40th anniversary of the environmental justice movement, in the tradition of Dr. Ben Chavis and over 500 Warren County, NC residents who protested a new hazardous waste landfill.
When you donate to The Margin, you aren’t just funding news. You’re funding investigations that have the power to force change.
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December 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
When you donate to The Margin, you aren’t just funding news. You’re funding investigations that have the power to force change.
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Donate now for triple the impact: tinyurl.com/donate-the-margin
Join reporters Olga Loginova and Carolina Cuellar, and Editor-in-Chief Bryce Cracknell, for a special conversation about our feature story, “Deserted at the Border.”
🗓️ Dec. 16, 2025
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🗓️ Dec. 16, 2025
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December 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Join reporters Olga Loginova and Carolina Cuellar, and Editor-in-Chief Bryce Cracknell, for a special conversation about our feature story, “Deserted at the Border.”
🗓️ Dec. 16, 2025
⏰ 8pm EST / 5pm PST
📍 Zoom Webinar. Register for free here: bit.ly/deserted-at-...
🗓️ Dec. 16, 2025
⏰ 8pm EST / 5pm PST
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Meet Cameron Oglesby — journalist, advocate, and Advisory Council Member
As a journalist who contributed to our inaugural issue, she helped set the tone for the kind of reporting The Margin stands for. This is your chance to help power our work into 2026.
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As a journalist who contributed to our inaugural issue, she helped set the tone for the kind of reporting The Margin stands for. This is your chance to help power our work into 2026.
the-margin.fundjournalism.org/donate/
December 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Meet Cameron Oglesby — journalist, advocate, and Advisory Council Member
As a journalist who contributed to our inaugural issue, she helped set the tone for the kind of reporting The Margin stands for. This is your chance to help power our work into 2026.
the-margin.fundjournalism.org/donate/
As a journalist who contributed to our inaugural issue, she helped set the tone for the kind of reporting The Margin stands for. This is your chance to help power our work into 2026.
the-margin.fundjournalism.org/donate/
Meet Adina Luo — Advisory Council Member at The Margin
Adina Luo is a filmmaker and media executive who brings sharp insight in storytelling, strategy, and impact-driven media.
Please consider contributing to our NewsMatch campaign today.
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Adina Luo is a filmmaker and media executive who brings sharp insight in storytelling, strategy, and impact-driven media.
Please consider contributing to our NewsMatch campaign today.
❣️ Donate below!
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December 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Meet Adina Luo — Advisory Council Member at The Margin
Adina Luo is a filmmaker and media executive who brings sharp insight in storytelling, strategy, and impact-driven media.
Please consider contributing to our NewsMatch campaign today.
❣️ Donate below!
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Adina Luo is a filmmaker and media executive who brings sharp insight in storytelling, strategy, and impact-driven media.
Please consider contributing to our NewsMatch campaign today.
❣️ Donate below!
the-margin.fundjournalism.org/donate/
The Margin’s stories do more than inform; they seek accountability, transparency, and to empower communities facing environmental injustice.
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December 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The Margin’s stories do more than inform; they seek accountability, transparency, and to empower communities facing environmental injustice.
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Meet Bryce Cracknell — Founder & Editor-in-Chief of The Margin
When you give today, you’re investing directly in the editorial backbone of The Margin supporting the team who work every day to produce bold, community-rooted environmental justice reporting.
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When you give today, you’re investing directly in the editorial backbone of The Margin supporting the team who work every day to produce bold, community-rooted environmental justice reporting.
the-margin.fundjournalism.org/donate/
December 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Meet Bryce Cracknell — Founder & Editor-in-Chief of The Margin
When you give today, you’re investing directly in the editorial backbone of The Margin supporting the team who work every day to produce bold, community-rooted environmental justice reporting.
the-margin.fundjournalism.org/donate/
When you give today, you’re investing directly in the editorial backbone of The Margin supporting the team who work every day to produce bold, community-rooted environmental justice reporting.
the-margin.fundjournalism.org/donate/
At The Margin, we believe independent news is a vital public service, just like public libraries or schools. If you agree, we invite you to show us some love today on #GivingTuesday by donating now: tinyurl.com/donate-the-margin
December 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
At The Margin, we believe independent news is a vital public service, just like public libraries or schools. If you agree, we invite you to show us some love today on #GivingTuesday by donating now: tinyurl.com/donate-the-margin
Meet Jasmine Williams, a storyteller, cultural worker, and the producer who keeps our newsroom moving.
When you donate to The Margin, you're supporting the people who make this level of impactful, justice-driven storytelling possible.
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When you donate to The Margin, you're supporting the people who make this level of impactful, justice-driven storytelling possible.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Meet Jasmine Williams, a storyteller, cultural worker, and the producer who keeps our newsroom moving.
When you donate to The Margin, you're supporting the people who make this level of impactful, justice-driven storytelling possible.
❣️ Donate below!
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When you donate to The Margin, you're supporting the people who make this level of impactful, justice-driven storytelling possible.
❣️ Donate below!
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Coastal scientists said the Mid-Barataria Sediment Division was Louisiana’s only long-term solution capable of withstanding climate change. Then Governor Jeff Landry canceled it.
🗺️ See how the project would’ve impacted the state with our satellite map: themargin.us/features/mid-baratarias-muddy-end
🗺️ See how the project would’ve impacted the state with our satellite map: themargin.us/features/mid-baratarias-muddy-end
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Coastal scientists said the Mid-Barataria Sediment Division was Louisiana’s only long-term solution capable of withstanding climate change. Then Governor Jeff Landry canceled it.
🗺️ See how the project would’ve impacted the state with our satellite map: themargin.us/features/mid-baratarias-muddy-end
🗺️ See how the project would’ve impacted the state with our satellite map: themargin.us/features/mid-baratarias-muddy-end
Meet Rae Spriggs — Advisory Council
Rae is an environmental health researcher whose insight helps guide the integrity and impact of our work. When you donate to The Margin, you're supporting data-driven, investigative reporting that makes a difference.
Donate: the-margin.fundjournalism.org/donate/
Rae is an environmental health researcher whose insight helps guide the integrity and impact of our work. When you donate to The Margin, you're supporting data-driven, investigative reporting that makes a difference.
Donate: the-margin.fundjournalism.org/donate/
November 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Meet Rae Spriggs — Advisory Council
Rae is an environmental health researcher whose insight helps guide the integrity and impact of our work. When you donate to The Margin, you're supporting data-driven, investigative reporting that makes a difference.
Donate: the-margin.fundjournalism.org/donate/
Rae is an environmental health researcher whose insight helps guide the integrity and impact of our work. When you donate to The Margin, you're supporting data-driven, investigative reporting that makes a difference.
Donate: the-margin.fundjournalism.org/donate/
Southern Louisiana is on the frontlines of sea level rise.
Human factors, including climate change, have caused Louisiana to experience some of the fastest rates of sea level rise on Earth.
🔗 Read the full story: themargin.us/features/mid...
Human factors, including climate change, have caused Louisiana to experience some of the fastest rates of sea level rise on Earth.
🔗 Read the full story: themargin.us/features/mid...
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Southern Louisiana is on the frontlines of sea level rise.
Human factors, including climate change, have caused Louisiana to experience some of the fastest rates of sea level rise on Earth.
🔗 Read the full story: themargin.us/features/mid...
Human factors, including climate change, have caused Louisiana to experience some of the fastest rates of sea level rise on Earth.
🔗 Read the full story: themargin.us/features/mid...
Meet Megan Ahearn with Ode Partners, the creative force bringing The Margin’s stories to life.
From now through the end of the year, NewsMatch will match your new monthly donation 12x or DOUBLE your one-time donation, up to $1,000.
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From now through the end of the year, NewsMatch will match your new monthly donation 12x or DOUBLE your one-time donation, up to $1,000.
Donate at the link below!
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November 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Meet Megan Ahearn with Ode Partners, the creative force bringing The Margin’s stories to life.
From now through the end of the year, NewsMatch will match your new monthly donation 12x or DOUBLE your one-time donation, up to $1,000.
Donate at the link below!
the-margin.fundjournalism.org/donate/
From now through the end of the year, NewsMatch will match your new monthly donation 12x or DOUBLE your one-time donation, up to $1,000.
Donate at the link below!
the-margin.fundjournalism.org/donate/
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"From city permits to state acquiescence and federal contracts, how every level of government enabled toxic detention..." Uprooter @ricomoore.bsky.social for @themarginus.bsky.social
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Licensed to Contaminate - The Margin
From city permits to state acquiescence and federal contracts, how every level of government enabled toxic detention
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November 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"From city permits to state acquiescence and federal contracts, how every level of government enabled toxic detention..." Uprooter @ricomoore.bsky.social for @themarginus.bsky.social
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At least 193 chemical incidents have taken place in the United States South since 2021, sending toxins through nearby neighborhoods.
See where with our interactive map: themargin.us/features/bre...
See where with our interactive map: themargin.us/features/bre...
November 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
At least 193 chemical incidents have taken place in the United States South since 2021, sending toxins through nearby neighborhoods.
See where with our interactive map: themargin.us/features/bre...
See where with our interactive map: themargin.us/features/bre...
Trey Walk, Editor at The Margin, shares how a donation to The Margin supports "journalism that actually gets results and holds power to account."
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November 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Trey Walk, Editor at The Margin, shares how a donation to The Margin supports "journalism that actually gets results and holds power to account."
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A toxic chemical fire. A community still struggling to breathe.
One woman’s story shows the true cost of the BioLab disaster in Conyers, Georgia.
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One woman’s story shows the true cost of the BioLab disaster in Conyers, Georgia.
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Breathing After BioLab - The Margin
One woman's reflection on the 2024 BioLab chemical fire and her ongoing fight to breathe, heal, and hold industry accountable.
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November 15, 2025 at 10:26 PM
A toxic chemical fire. A community still struggling to breathe.
One woman’s story shows the true cost of the BioLab disaster in Conyers, Georgia.
themargin.us/features/bre...
One woman’s story shows the true cost of the BioLab disaster in Conyers, Georgia.
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🧵 After Hurricane Helene made landfall in Georgia in 2024, a BioLab chemical warehouse in Conyers caught on fire, sending toxic smoke through neighboring towns.
Teresa Ervin-Springs was living nine miles away at the time of the explosion.
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Teresa Ervin-Springs was living nine miles away at the time of the explosion.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🧵 After Hurricane Helene made landfall in Georgia in 2024, a BioLab chemical warehouse in Conyers caught on fire, sending toxic smoke through neighboring towns.
Teresa Ervin-Springs was living nine miles away at the time of the explosion.
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Teresa Ervin-Springs was living nine miles away at the time of the explosion.
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Mindy Ramaker, head of creative at Counterstream Media, shares why you should support The Margin and help bring environmental justice journalism to life.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Mindy Ramaker, head of creative at Counterstream Media, shares why you should support The Margin and help bring environmental justice journalism to life.
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The Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda has targeted immigrant communities across the United States. Masked ICE agents raid neighborhoods and workplaces daily.
Now, ICE is exploring the use of warehouses near airports to “increase efficiency” in deportations, NBC News reports.
Now, ICE is exploring the use of warehouses near airports to “increase efficiency” in deportations, NBC News reports.
November 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda has targeted immigrant communities across the United States. Masked ICE agents raid neighborhoods and workplaces daily.
Now, ICE is exploring the use of warehouses near airports to “increase efficiency” in deportations, NBC News reports.
Now, ICE is exploring the use of warehouses near airports to “increase efficiency” in deportations, NBC News reports.
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For Alaska Native peoples, "climate impacts are making it more difficult to remain on their traditional homelands." Jess Zhang for @themarginus.bsky.social
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Mourning Land that Leaves - The Margin
Alaska Native communities grapple with ecological grief as their ancestral lands slowly vanish
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November 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
For Alaska Native peoples, "climate impacts are making it more difficult to remain on their traditional homelands." Jess Zhang for @themarginus.bsky.social
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