As we celebrate Earth Day, it’s necessary to reflect on the history of environmentalism in the US. People of color and especially Chicanxs are largely invisible in its past and present form.
Hurricane Harvey and its torrential flooding rains have shocked the nation. Thousands have been rescued and many more thousands have lost their homes. It is a disaster of unprecedented proportions. Hurricane Harvey and the flooding across Houston is a historic event, but it also underlines Americans’ conflicted history with our relationship to nature.
