Jamie Smith Hopkins

In the latest example of state pushback to civil-rights enforcement by the U.S. EPA, a Texas agency has pulled out of negotiations to resolve complaints alleging its decisions on pollution are racially discriminatory.

Here’s what you need to know to increase your odds of success from an EPA complaint.

The Title VI complaint process has never lived up to its promise for dismantling policies and processes that concentrate environmental harms. Here’s how to report on it.

After a Public Integrity investigation, the EPA finally proposed to keep methylene chloride out of products such as paint strippers.

Fumes from methylene chloride, used in many paint strippers, are so dangerous, the chemical can kill you in a matter of minutes.

ABERDEEN, Wash. — The further I drove from Seattle toward the coast, the denser the grove of evergreen trees on a drizzly July morning. Off of the Olympia Highway, a green welcome-to-Aberdeen sign bore the song lyrics “Come as you are” — an ode to grunge band Nirvana, which formed in the old lumber…

Mortgage lenders aren’t making headway on longstanding racial disparities in home lending, according to a new analysis. The National Community Reinvestment Coalition, tapping federal data, found th…

The pandemic aid for small businesses exposed many of the cracks in an unequal system. Midstream fixes helped show some ways to reach people more equitably in a crisis, but changes came late.

Most PPP loans went to businesses in communities that already had more access to resources, according to an analysis of SBA data.