The Margin

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The Margin The Margin is an independent media platform that centers the people and places most affected by environmental injustice in the United States.

For some of the very best investigative and enterprise journalism on environmental justice issues, with, for, and by BIPOC folks, follow @themarginus.bsky.social. Rooted in the long struggle, and carrying on the work right now.

From our team at The Margin, thank you for an incredible year ♥️

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In the next year, as the climate continues to warm, our reporting will be more essential than ever. We will expose the policy failures that create sacrifice zones, document the communities being harmed first, and highlight the voices of people fighting back.

In 2025, we watched climate disasters intensify—more fires, floods, and heat—while leaders backed away from their commitments to a green and just transition. The Margin released two new issues and won three awards.

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With less than 48 hours left of our NewsMatch campaign ends, we hope you’ll make a donation of any size to support reporting like ours—reporting that compels action.

In a year marked by chaos, The Margin featured ten stories that provided a unique glimpse into the reality of environmental and climate injustice. And in each and every story, we centered the people.

We write stories about the families breathing unsafe air, communities watching their land disappear, and historic towns trying to write new futures.

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When environmental justice news thrives, so, too, do frontline communities.

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As we near the end of our 2025 NewsMatch Campaign, we invite you to donate to The Margin to keep our reporting going. Every dollar you donate between now and December 31 will be tripled.

The Margin was founded on the 40th anniversary of the environmental justice movement, in the tradition of Dr. Ben Chavis and over 500 Warren County, NC residents who protested a new hazardous waste landfill.

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Join reporters Olga Loginova and Carolina Cuellar, and Editor-in-Chief Bryce Cracknell, for a special conversation about our feature story, “Deserted at the Border.”

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Meet Cameron Oglesby — journalist, advocate, and Advisory Council Member

As a journalist who contributed to our inaugural issue, she helped set the tone for the kind of reporting The Margin stands for. This is your chance to help power our work into 2026.

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Meet Adina Luo — Advisory Council Member at The Margin

Adina Luo is a filmmaker and media executive who brings sharp insight in storytelling, strategy, and impact-driven media.

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The Margin’s stories do more than inform; they seek accountability, transparency, and to empower communities facing environmental injustice.

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Meet Bryce Cracknell — Founder & Editor-in-Chief of The Margin

When you give today, you’re investing directly in the editorial backbone of The Margin supporting the team who work every day to produce bold, community-rooted environmental justice reporting.

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Meet Jasmine Williams, a storyteller, cultural worker, and the producer who keeps our newsroom moving.

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Coastal scientists said the Mid-Barataria Sediment Division was Louisiana’s only long-term solution capable of withstanding climate change. Then Governor Jeff Landry canceled it.

🗺️ See how the project would’ve impacted the state with our satellite map: themargin.us/features/mid-baratarias-muddy-end

Meet Rae Spriggs — Advisory Council

Rae is an environmental health researcher whose insight helps guide the integrity and impact of our work. When you donate to The Margin, you're supporting data-driven, investigative reporting that makes a difference.

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“The governor and Chairman Dove have canceled these projects in the name of the people, but what are they giving the people in return?” said Lauren Bourg, director of the National Audubon Society’s Mississippi River Delta program.

🔗 Read the story: themargin.us/features/mid-baratarias-muddy-end

Residents hoped a new land restoration project would help protect their communities as the land sinks and the sea rises.

But this past summer, Republican Governor Jeff Landry canceled it.

Southern Louisiana is on the frontlines of sea level rise.

Human factors, including climate change, have caused Louisiana to experience some of the fastest rates of sea level rise on Earth.

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Meet Megan Ahearn with Ode Partners, the creative force bringing The Margin’s stories to life.

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Licensed to Contaminate - The Margin From city permits to state acquiescence and federal contracts, how every level of government enabled toxic detention

"From city permits to state acquiescence and federal contracts, how every level of government enabled toxic detention..." Uprooter @ricomoore.bsky.social for @themarginus.bsky.social

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