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Derrick Z. Jackson

Derrick Z. Jackson

Derrick Z. Jackson is a 2018 winner from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, a 10-time winner from the National Association of Black Journalists and a Pulitzer Prize finalist and co-author of Project Puffin: The Improbable Quest to Bring a Beloved Seabird Back to Egg Rock (2015).

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A group of activists, working with the Insure Our Future Network, gathered outside AIG headquarters in Manhattan during their annual shareholder meeting on May 12, 2021 to demand that AIG take action to address the climate crisis. (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Companies Must Disclose—and Face—Mounting Climate Risks

The United States is hurtling toward a half-trillion dollars' worth of annual economic losses in a do-nothing scenario on emissions.

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Alaska Oil Drilling

Ignoring Climate Goals, Biden Administration Greenlights Oil Drilling in Alaska

You cannot approve massive oil drilling projects if you want to swiftly reach net-zero emissions.

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Industry and its political enablers went on a rampage to exempt as much water as possible from federal protection. (Photo: wonderisland/Shutterstock)

When It Comes to Protecting America's Rivers and Streams, There's No Room for Compromise on Science

Michael Regan, President Biden's EPA administrator, must prioritize science and water quality over the demands of big industry.

Derrick Z. Jackson ·

Scientists estimate that herd immunity, the point at which the coronavirus runs out of people to infect, would be achieved at a vaccination level of between 70 and 90 percent. (Photo: Robert Kneschke/Shutterstock)

Structural Racism Continues to Beset Pandemic Response

All across the nation, online signups for shots have been far easier for white-collar families with fast computers and high-speed Internet.

Derrick Z. Jackson ·

Signs give social distancing instructions at the Orange Circle at Glassell Street and Chapman Avenue in Orange, CA on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. (Photo by Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

From Texas to Mississippi, States Dismantle Covid-19 Safety Protocols at Our Peril

Fauci and Walensky are flashing a yellow light to us. Governors are dangerously close to running a red.

Derrick Z. Jackson ·

A nurse adjusts intravenous drug dosages being given to a COVID-19 patient on the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) floor at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center on April 21, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)

America's Response to Covid-19 Should Long Perforate Our Pomposity About Being the Greatest Nation on Earth

500,000 US Covid-19 deaths and counting: a shameful public health failure.

Derrick Z. Jackson ·

Activist group Earth Strike NYC announced a frontline coalition gathering in Brooklyn's Sunset Park to support UPROSE in its campaign for local community-led climate justice at the Communities Strike for Climate Over Colonialism rally and march on September 27, 2019. (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The Environmental Justice Movement Takes Center Stage in the Biden Administration

The once lonely voice of environmental justice is no longer in the wilderness.

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"President-elect Biden has repeatedly said this election was about the 'soul' of the nation," writes Jackson. "With the most soulless president of a lifetime now defeated, it is now time to save as many souls as we can." (Photo: KonstantinV9/Shutterstock)

Fighting the Pandemic Can’t Wait for Inauguration Day

A nation could not have been more poorly positioned to fight COVID-19 than by the Trump administration.

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