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Tag: sacrifice zones

Still image from TRNN documentary report “Trainwreck in ‘Trump Country’” showing a sign in downtown East Palestine, OH, with the words “We are East Palestine: Get ready for the Greatest Comeback in American history.” Image by Mike Balonek.
Posted inWorking People

‘I had to move away from everything that I ever had’: Chemically exposed residents of East Palestine, OH, and Conyers, GA, have been left behind

by Maximillian Alvarez February 20, 2025February 25, 2025

“I don’t think it’s safe. If I go into my house, I get sick… our animals get sick… These are serious issues. We’re seeing serious things go on and, from where we were in the beginning to now, it’s just progressing.”

Angela "Angie" Shaneyfelt stands next to her home in Curtis Bay, South Baltimore, Maryland, with the CSX Transportation coal export terminal—which operates about 1,000 feet away from her residence—visible in the background. Photo taken by Maximillian Alvarez on Dec. 12, 2024.
Posted inEconomy and Inequality

‘This is murder!’: Industrially poisoned South Baltimore residents march on state capitol, demand help from Gov. Moore

by Maximillian Alvarez December 23, 2024December 23, 2024
"To leave everything … it would be heartbreaking,” says Nadine Luci of East Rochester. Steve Mellon/Pittsburgh Union Progress
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From brain fog to nosebleeds: There’s a name for what’s happening to people affected by derailment

by Steve Mellon December 20, 2024December 19, 2024
A chemical fire in a BioLab sends dangerous sulfur acid clouds in the air, and caused mandatory evacuations in Conyers GA, United States on September 30, 2024 Photo by Peter Zay/Anadolu via Getty Images
Posted inWorking People

‘Every time we come back, we all get sick’: GA residents affected by September BioLab fire are still going through hell

by Maximillian Alvarez December 13, 2024April 8, 2025
Hilary Flint (left), Melanie Meade (left-center), Elise Keaton Wade (right-center), and Angela Shaneyfelt (right) sit together at a table during a "Working People" live show panel hosted at Red Emma's bookstore in Baltimore on Oct 19, 2024. Photo by Maximillian Alvarez.
Posted inWorking People

“Let’s unite!”: Poisoned residents of America’s sacrifice zones are banding together

by Maximillian Alvarez November 15, 2024April 8, 2025
Still image from TRNN's documentary report "Trainwreck in 'Trump Country,'" featuring Christina Siceloff, a resident of Beaver County, PA, standing in a creek in East Palestine, OH, with a pink gas mask on her face. Image courtesy of Mike Balonek.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US

Trainwreck in ‘Trump Country’: Partisan politics hasn’t helped East Palestine, OH (DOCUMENTARY) 

by Maximillian Alvarez, Steve Mellon and Mike Balonek November 4, 2024April 8, 2025
Community volunteers Candace Ramey and Jen Jordan carry gas at Ridgeline Heating and Cooling, which has turned into a relief area and community coordination center, in Bills Creek, North Carolina, on October 3, 2024, after the passage of Hurricane Helene. Photo by ALLISON JOYCE/AFP via Getty Images
Posted inWorking People

‘Towns are gone’: In Helene-devastated Asheville, NC, volunteers battle misinformation and ‘apocalyptic’ wreckage

by Maximillian Alvarez October 16, 2024April 8, 2025
Transfer switches take up space at One Wilshire, a high-rise office building that has been almost entirely converted into a server farm or data center in downtown Los Angeles on September 10, 2024. Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
Posted inWorking People

AI data centers are draining water from this drought-stricken Mexican town

by Maximillian Alvarez October 2, 2024April 8, 2025
Residents of South Baltimore, local activists and supporters from around the city gather in front of the CSX Curtis Bay Pier in Curtis Bay, Baltimore—with a CSX locomotive and giant coal piles visible in the background—and pose for a picture with signs reading, “No Coal in Curtis Bay,” “CSX COAL KILLS,” etc. Photo by Maximillian Alvarez
Posted inBaltimore

Scenes from a sacrifice zone: South Baltimore residents fight back against industrial pollution

by Maximillian Alvarez August 16, 2024April 8, 2025
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From East Palestine to Pike County: Ohio’s ‘sacrifice zone’ communities gather in Toledo

by Maximillian Alvarez August 1, 2024April 8, 2025

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