Black Agenda Report
Black Agenda Report
News, commentary and analysis from the black left.

  • Home
  • Africa
  • African America
  • Education
  • Environment
  • International
  • Media and Culture
  • Political Economy
  • Radio
  • US Politics
  • War and Empire

Jackson MS Organizations Petition EPA for Emergency Relief on Water System
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
18 Aug 2023
🖨️ Print Article

Black Agenda Radio · Jackson MS Organizations Petition EPA for Emergency Relief on Water System

Brooke Floyd is co-director of the Jackson People’s Assembly at the People's Advocacy Institute. Along with the Poor Peoples Campaign, Center for Constitutional Rights, Forward Justice, the ACLU of Mississippi and the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Peoples Advocacy Institute has filed an emergency petition with the EPA to provide immediate relief and transparency in resolving the decades old water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi.

environmental racism
Jackson Mississippi
Jackson water crisis
Mississippi

Related Podcasts

Kohen Wiley
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
One Year Old Kohen Wiley Killed Under Color of Law in Mississippi
21 August 2026
Our guest is attorney Jaribu Hill, executive director of the Mississippi Workers Center for
BAR Radio Logo
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio October 17, 2025
17 October 2025
In this week’s segment we hear analysis of the Gaza peace agreement, why it took place, and the future of Palestine.
Data center
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Data Centers, A.I., and State Repression
17 October 2025
We speak with Kali Akuno, co-founder and Director of Cooperation Jackson in Jackson, M

More Stories


  • Jacqueline Luqman
    Iraq, or, Remembering Why they Hate Julian Assange
    02 Feb 2022
  • Photo by Oliver Contreras for Sipa USA via AP Images
    Dr.Wilmer J. Leon, III
    The Biden Administration: One Year in and We’re Still Left Out
    02 Feb 2022
  • Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto
    Abayomi Azikiwe
    Burkina Faso Military Coup Reflects Wave of Insecurity in West Africa
    02 Feb 2022
  • Verene Shepherd
    The Maroons of Jamaica and their rights as Indigenous Peoples
    02 Feb 2022
  • Joe Pateman
    Africa and Lenin’s Theory of Imperialism
    02 Feb 2022
  • Load More
Subscribe
connect with us
about us
contact us