"Cancer Alley" Residents' Zoning Lawsuit Cites "Racial Cleansing"

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Making the case that their local government was built on a culture of white supremacy, Black residents of St. James Parish in the heart of Louisiana's "cancer alley" have filed a federal lawsuit claiming land-use and zoning policies illegally […]