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🔗 Read the full story, “Breathing After BioLab” here: themargin.us/features/bre...
November 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🔗 Read the full story, “Breathing After BioLab” here: themargin.us/features/bre...
“There is a disaster waiting to happen in every community on the margins,” she writes. “In the event of the next emergency, I will not merely seek assistance from others but serve as a proactive resource to aid my community.”
November 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
“There is a disaster waiting to happen in every community on the margins,” she writes. “In the event of the next emergency, I will not merely seek assistance from others but serve as a proactive resource to aid my community.”
This very warehouse has caught on fire at least three times in the last two decades.
In our latest investigation, Teresa shares with us her own words about the fallout of the disaster that poisoned her Georgia community and sent her to the doctor.
In our latest investigation, Teresa shares with us her own words about the fallout of the disaster that poisoned her Georgia community and sent her to the doctor.
November 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This very warehouse has caught on fire at least three times in the last two decades.
In our latest investigation, Teresa shares with us her own words about the fallout of the disaster that poisoned her Georgia community and sent her to the doctor.
In our latest investigation, Teresa shares with us her own words about the fallout of the disaster that poisoned her Georgia community and sent her to the doctor.
🧵 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.
themargin.us/features/bre...
Teresa Ervin-Springs was living nine miles away at the time of the explosion.
themargin.us/features/bre...
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.
themargin.us/features/bre...
Teresa Ervin-Springs was living nine miles away at the time of the explosion.
themargin.us/features/bre...
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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“I call it a detention center because everybody knows them as detention centers, but they're cages,” said Mura Mora-Villalpando, founder of La Resistencia. “That’s the result of allowing governments to decide who's worthy of what.”
Read the stories: themargin.us/features/lic...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
“I call it a detention center because everybody knows them as detention centers, but they're cages,” said Mura Mora-Villalpando, founder of La Resistencia. “That’s the result of allowing governments to decide who's worthy of what.”
Read the stories: themargin.us/features/lic...
Read the stories: themargin.us/features/lic...
In two previous investigations by The Margin, we’ve documented how a detention center in Tacoma, Washington was built in a heavily industrialized area, allegedly exposing immigrants to numerous sources of pollution.
November 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
In two previous investigations by The Margin, we’ve documented how a detention center in Tacoma, Washington was built in a heavily industrialized area, allegedly exposing immigrants to numerous sources of pollution.
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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November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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“Mourning Land that Leaves” analyzed how land in Alaska is vanishing due to flooding, erosion, and permafrost thaw. Some Native villages along the Western coast are having to relocate to major cities, immensely different from their traditional way of life: themargin.us/features/mou...
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
“Mourning Land that Leaves” analyzed how land in Alaska is vanishing due to flooding, erosion, and permafrost thaw. Some Native villages along the Western coast are having to relocate to major cities, immensely different from their traditional way of life: themargin.us/features/mou...
“Licensed to Contaminate” found that city, state, and federal agencies have enabled migrants in Tacoma, Washington, to be held in a detention center atop toxic waste for more than 20 years. Thousands of complaints were filed, and many kept hidden—until now: themargin.us/features/lic...
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
“Licensed to Contaminate” found that city, state, and federal agencies have enabled migrants in Tacoma, Washington, to be held in a detention center atop toxic waste for more than 20 years. Thousands of complaints were filed, and many kept hidden—until now: themargin.us/features/lic...
Our most recent story, “Deserted at the Border,” revealed how Arizona's farmworker and mining communities could have federal funding stripped away at a time when they face deadly heat and water shortages: themargin.us/features/des...
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Our most recent story, “Deserted at the Border,” revealed how Arizona's farmworker and mining communities could have federal funding stripped away at a time when they face deadly heat and water shortages: themargin.us/features/des...
🧵 THREAD: We’re halfway through our Fall Issue 🍂
So far, our stories have revealed three major risks facing frontline communities in Arizona, Washington, and Alaska that the federal government has largely let slide. Keep scrolling for each one 👇
So far, our stories have revealed three major risks facing frontline communities in Arizona, Washington, and Alaska that the federal government has largely let slide. Keep scrolling for each one 👇
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🧵 THREAD: We’re halfway through our Fall Issue 🍂
So far, our stories have revealed three major risks facing frontline communities in Arizona, Washington, and Alaska that the federal government has largely let slide. Keep scrolling for each one 👇
So far, our stories have revealed three major risks facing frontline communities in Arizona, Washington, and Alaska that the federal government has largely let slide. Keep scrolling for each one 👇
🔗 Read the full story, “Deserted at the Border” in collaboration with Arizona Luminaria: themargin.us/features/deserted-at-the-border
November 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
🔗 Read the full story, “Deserted at the Border” in collaboration with Arizona Luminaria: themargin.us/features/deserted-at-the-border
And now, more than 60% of colonias are set to lose their only federal funding. Not because conditions have improved, but because nearby cities have grown too large to qualify for the dollars under a bureaucratic rule written thirty-five years ago.
November 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
And now, more than 60% of colonias are set to lose their only federal funding. Not because conditions have improved, but because nearby cities have grown too large to qualify for the dollars under a bureaucratic rule written thirty-five years ago.
🧵 THREAD: In colonias along the Southern border, residents are doing their best to survive.
The areas they live in face some of the most severe climate risks in the entire state, from heatwave risk to contaminated water to lack of healthcare access.
themargin.us/features/des...
The areas they live in face some of the most severe climate risks in the entire state, from heatwave risk to contaminated water to lack of healthcare access.
themargin.us/features/des...
November 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
🧵 THREAD: In colonias along the Southern border, residents are doing their best to survive.
The areas they live in face some of the most severe climate risks in the entire state, from heatwave risk to contaminated water to lack of healthcare access.
themargin.us/features/des...
The areas they live in face some of the most severe climate risks in the entire state, from heatwave risk to contaminated water to lack of healthcare access.
themargin.us/features/des...
🔗 Read the full story, “Deserted at the Border” in collaboration with Arizona Luminaria: themargin.us/features/deserted-at-the-border
November 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
🔗 Read the full story, “Deserted at the Border” in collaboration with Arizona Luminaria: themargin.us/features/deserted-at-the-border
And now, more than 60% of colonias are set to lose their only federal funding. Not because conditions have improved, but because nearby cities have grown too large to qualify for the dollars under a bureaucratic rule written thirty-five years ago.
November 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
And now, more than 60% of colonias are set to lose their only federal funding. Not because conditions have improved, but because nearby cities have grown too large to qualify for the dollars under a bureaucratic rule written thirty-five years ago.
🧵 THREAD: In colonias along the Southern border, residents are doing their best to survive.
The areas they live in face some of the most severe climate risks in the entire state, from heatwave risk to contaminated water to lack of healthcare access.
themargin.us/features/des...
The areas they live in face some of the most severe climate risks in the entire state, from heatwave risk to contaminated water to lack of healthcare access.
themargin.us/features/des...
November 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
🧵 THREAD: In colonias along the Southern border, residents are doing their best to survive.
The areas they live in face some of the most severe climate risks in the entire state, from heatwave risk to contaminated water to lack of healthcare access.
themargin.us/features/des...
The areas they live in face some of the most severe climate risks in the entire state, from heatwave risk to contaminated water to lack of healthcare access.
themargin.us/features/des...
You’ve seen the difference our coverage makes—holding power to account, uncovering untold stories, and keeping you informed. Now, we need you with us to keep it going.
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November 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
You’ve seen the difference our coverage makes—holding power to account, uncovering untold stories, and keeping you informed. Now, we need you with us to keep it going.
Donate now to our biggest fundraiser of the year: tinyurl.com/donate-the-m...
Donate now to our biggest fundraiser of the year: tinyurl.com/donate-the-m...
🔗 Read the full story, “Deserted at the Border” in collaboration with Arizona Luminaria: themargin.us/features/deserted-at-the-border
October 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🔗 Read the full story, “Deserted at the Border” in collaboration with Arizona Luminaria: themargin.us/features/deserted-at-the-border
The Margin visited eight colonias in Arizona. Interviews with 48 residents, local and state officials, nonprofits, researchers, and healthcare providers revealed that all are concerned that compounded stressors to which residents of colonias are exposed are leaving them in harm’s way.
October 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The Margin visited eight colonias in Arizona. Interviews with 48 residents, local and state officials, nonprofits, researchers, and healthcare providers revealed that all are concerned that compounded stressors to which residents of colonias are exposed are leaving them in harm’s way.
Many lack basic infrastructure such as running water, paved roads, and reliable medical care.
October 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Many lack basic infrastructure such as running water, paved roads, and reliable medical care.
Figueroa lives in one of many colonias, typically unincorporated settlements along the southern United States border, home to more than 1 million people. Most of these communities were established by migrant workers who came into the U.S. during waves of labor migration.
October 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Figueroa lives in one of many colonias, typically unincorporated settlements along the southern United States border, home to more than 1 million people. Most of these communities were established by migrant workers who came into the U.S. during waves of labor migration.
🧵 THREAD: When Alfonso Figueroa returns home to Winchester Heights, AZ, and looks around, he sees his community in disrepair: “My place back in Oaxaca seemed better than here. I thought this was an abandoned town.”
themargin.us/features/deserted-at-the-border
themargin.us/features/deserted-at-the-border
October 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🧵 THREAD: When Alfonso Figueroa returns home to Winchester Heights, AZ, and looks around, he sees his community in disrepair: “My place back in Oaxaca seemed better than here. I thought this was an abandoned town.”
themargin.us/features/deserted-at-the-border
themargin.us/features/deserted-at-the-border