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December 17, 2025
Why Trump Deemed Basic Sanitation Illegal DEI
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MSNBC
August 1, 2025
All Americans do not have access to basic sanitation. This woman is using her "over 50" career to change that.
Aliyah Frumin
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The Guardian
July 19, 2025
There was a deal to fix this Alabama community’s raw sewage crisis. Trump tore it up over DEI
Nina Lakhani
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WHNT
June 26, 2025
Next Question with Tamika: Catherine Coleman Flowers
Tamika Alexander
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PBS
May 6, 2025
Catherine Coleman Flowers on the Future of Environmental Justice Under Trump
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NBC News
May 1, 2025
Trump shut down program to end human waste backing into Alabama homes, calling it 'illegal DEI'
Curtis Bunn
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TIME
April 23, 2025
Environmental Justice Activist Catherine Coleman Flowers on Witnessing to Make Change
Miranda Jeyaretnam
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TIME
April 23, 2025
How Industry Leaders Are Rethinking the Future of Climate Solutions
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MSNBC (Morning Joe)
April 23, 2025
Activist fighting for wastewater equity set to receive TIME Earth Award
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TIME
March 27, 2025
Why Catherine Coleman Flowers Believes Environmental Justice Is a Human Right
Justin Worland
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TV Living
March 4, 2025
A conversation with the author of “Holy Ground”
Jocelyn Claborn
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Sierra Magazine
February 18, 2025
Black Belt Defender
Chris Berdik
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Nashville Scene
February 18, 2025
Faith Sustains Activist Catherine Coleman Flowers
Cat Acree
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The Nicole Sandler Show
February 5, 2025
Fighting For Our Future in the Streets & with Catherine Coleman Flowers
Nicole Sandler
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ABC News
January 29, 2025
Catherine Flowers discusses her new book, ‘Holy Ground’
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Inside Climate News
December 14, 2023
Q&A: Catherine Coleman Flowers Talks COP28, Rural Alabama, and the Path Toward a ‘Just Transition’
Lee Hedgepeth
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NPR
October 13, 2023
Black residents in rural Alabama demand sanitation equity, saying 'it's a right'
Debbie Elliott
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Associated Press
October 4, 2023
EPA to investigate whether Alabama discriminated against Black residents in infrastructure funding
Kim Chandler
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Forbes
August 3, 2023
How Environmentalist Catherine Coleman Flowers Is Exposing America's "Dirty Secret"
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TIME
April 13, 2023
The 100 Most Influential People of 2023: Catherine Coleman Flowers
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AL.com
April 13, 2023
Alabama activist Catherine Coleman Flowers among Time’s 100 most influential people
Shauna Stuart
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Associated Press
March 6, 2023
Groups accuse Alabama of discrimination in wastewater funds
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TIME
February 16, 2023
The Water Crisis No One In America Is Fixing
Bryn Nelson
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TIME
August 23, 2022
Sanitation Problems Have Plagued Black Residents of an Alabama County for Decades. The Government Might Finally Do Something About It
Justin Worland
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CBS News (60 Minutes)
December 19, 2021
60 Minutes investigates: Americans fighting for access to sewage disposal
Bill Whitaker
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The Washington Post
December 17, 2020
Battling America’s ‘dirty secret’
Sarah Kaplan
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Bloomberg News
December 15, 2020
The Right to Flush and Forget
Brentin Mock
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NPR
November 23, 2020
The Sanitation Crisis In Rural America
Dave Davies
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The New York Times
November 17, 2020
How the Problem of ‘Waste’ Affects the Rural Poor
Anna Clark
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The New York Times
October 6, 2020
MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grant Winners for 2020: The Full List
Julia Jacobs
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Montgomery Advertiser
October 6, 2020
Lowndes County native Catherine Coleman Flowers earns 2020 MacArthur 'genius grant'
Saifya Charles
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MSNBC
August 1, 2025
All Americans do not have access to basic sanitation. This woman is using her "over 50" career to change that.
Aliyah Frumin
Read more
The Guardian
July 19, 2025
There was a deal to fix this Alabama community’s raw sewage crisis. Trump tore it up over DEI
Nina Lakhani
Read more
PBS
May 6, 2025
Catherine Coleman Flowers on the Future of Environmental Justice Under Trump
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NBC News
May 1, 2025
Trump shut down program to end human waste backing into Alabama homes, calling it 'illegal DEI'
Curtis Bunn
Read more
TIME
April 23, 2025
Environmental Justice Activist Catherine Coleman Flowers on Witnessing to Make Change
Miranda Jeyaretnam
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TIME
April 23, 2025
How Industry Leaders Are Rethinking the Future of Climate Solutions
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MSNBC (Morning Joe)
April 23, 2025
Activist fighting for wastewater equity set to receive TIME Earth Award
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TIME
March 27, 2025
Why Catherine Coleman Flowers Believes Environmental Justice Is a Human Right
Justin Worland
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TV Living
March 4, 2025
A conversation with the author of “Holy Ground”
Jocelyn Claborn
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Sierra Magazine
February 18, 2025
Black Belt Defender
Chris Berdik
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The Nicole Sandler Show
February 5, 2025
Fighting For Our Future in the Streets & with Catherine Coleman Flowers
Nicole Sandler
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ABC News
January 29, 2025
Catherine Flowers discusses her new book, ‘Holy Ground’
Read more
Inside Climate News
December 14, 2023
Q&A: Catherine Coleman Flowers Talks COP28, Rural Alabama, and the Path Toward a ‘Just Transition’
Lee Hedgepeth
Read more
NPR
October 13, 2023
Black residents in rural Alabama demand sanitation equity, saying 'it's a right'
Debbie Elliott
Read more
Associated Press
October 4, 2023
EPA to investigate whether Alabama discriminated against Black residents in infrastructure funding
Kim Chandler
Read more
Forbes
August 3, 2023
How Environmentalist Catherine Coleman Flowers Is Exposing America's "Dirty Secret"
Read more
TIME
April 13, 2023
The 100 Most Influential People of 2023: Catherine Coleman Flowers
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Associated Press
March 6, 2023
Groups accuse Alabama of discrimination in wastewater funds
Read more
TIME
February 16, 2023
The Water Crisis No One In America Is Fixing
Bryn Nelson
Read more
TIME
August 23, 2022
Sanitation Problems Have Plagued Black Residents of an Alabama County for Decades. The Government Might Finally Do Something About It
Justin Worland
Read more
CBS News (60 Minutes)
December 19, 2021
60 Minutes investigates: Americans fighting for access to sewage disposal
Bill Whitaker
Read more
The Washington Post
December 17, 2020
Battling America’s ‘dirty secret’
Sarah Kaplan
Read more
Bloomberg News
December 15, 2020
The Right to Flush and Forget
Brentin Mock
Read more
NPR
November 23, 2020
The Sanitation Crisis In Rural America
Dave Davies
Read more
The New York Times
November 17, 2020
How the Problem of ‘Waste’ Affects the Rural Poor
Anna Clark
Read more
The New York Times
October 6, 2020
MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grant Winners for 2020: The Full List
Julia Jacobs
Read more
WHNT
June 26, 2025
Next Question with Tamika: Catherine Coleman Flowers
Tamika Alexander
Read more
Nashville Scene
February 18, 2025
Faith Sustains Activist Catherine Coleman Flowers
Cat Acree
Read more
AL.com
April 13, 2023
Alabama activist Catherine Coleman Flowers among Time’s 100 most influential people
Shauna Stuart
Read more
Montgomery Advertiser
October 6, 2020
Lowndes County native Catherine Coleman Flowers earns 2020 MacArthur 'genius grant'
Saifya Charles
Read more
MSNBC
August 1, 2025
All Americans do not have access to basic sanitation. This woman is using her "over 50" career to change that.
Aliyah Frumin
Read more
The Guardian
July 19, 2025
There was a deal to fix this Alabama community’s raw sewage crisis. Trump tore it up over DEI
Nina Lakhani
Read more
WHNT
June 26, 2025
Next Question with Tamika: Catherine Coleman Flowers
Tamika Alexander
Read more
NBC News
May 1, 2025
Trump shut down program to end human waste backing into Alabama homes, calling it 'illegal DEI'
Curtis Bunn
Read more
MSNBC (Morning Joe)
April 23, 2025
Activist fighting for wastewater equity set to receive TIME Earth Award
Read more
The Nicole Sandler Show
February 5, 2025
Fighting For Our Future in the Streets & with Catherine Coleman Flowers
Nicole Sandler
Read more
ABC News
January 29, 2025
Catherine Flowers discusses her new book, ‘Holy Ground’
Read more
NPR
October 13, 2023
Black residents in rural Alabama demand sanitation equity, saying 'it's a right'
Debbie Elliott
Read more
CBS News (60 Minutes)
December 19, 2021
60 Minutes investigates: Americans fighting for access to sewage disposal
Bill Whitaker
Read more
NPR
November 23, 2020
The Sanitation Crisis In Rural America
Dave Davies
Read more
PBS
May 6, 2025
Catherine Coleman Flowers on the Future of Environmental Justice Under Trump
Read more
TIME
April 23, 2025
Environmental Justice Activist Catherine Coleman Flowers on Witnessing to Make Change
Miranda Jeyaretnam
Read more
TIME
April 23, 2025
How Industry Leaders Are Rethinking the Future of Climate Solutions
Read more
TIME
March 27, 2025
Why Catherine Coleman Flowers Believes Environmental Justice Is a Human Right
Justin Worland
Read more
TV Living
March 4, 2025
A conversation with the author of “Holy Ground”
Jocelyn Claborn
Read more
Sierra Magazine
February 18, 2025
Black Belt Defender
Chris Berdik
Read more
Nashville Scene
February 18, 2025
Faith Sustains Activist Catherine Coleman Flowers
Cat Acree
Read more
Inside Climate News
December 14, 2023
Q&A: Catherine Coleman Flowers Talks COP28, Rural Alabama, and the Path Toward a ‘Just Transition’
Lee Hedgepeth
Read more
Associated Press
October 4, 2023
EPA to investigate whether Alabama discriminated against Black residents in infrastructure funding
Kim Chandler
Read more
Forbes
August 3, 2023
How Environmentalist Catherine Coleman Flowers Is Exposing America's "Dirty Secret"
Read more
TIME
April 13, 2023
The 100 Most Influential People of 2023: Catherine Coleman Flowers
Read more
AL.com
April 13, 2023
Alabama activist Catherine Coleman Flowers among Time’s 100 most influential people
Shauna Stuart
Read more
Associated Press
March 6, 2023
Groups accuse Alabama of discrimination in wastewater funds
Read more
TIME
February 16, 2023
The Water Crisis No One In America Is Fixing
Bryn Nelson
Read more
TIME
August 23, 2022
Sanitation Problems Have Plagued Black Residents of an Alabama County for Decades. The Government Might Finally Do Something About It
Justin Worland
Read more
The Washington Post
December 17, 2020
Battling America’s ‘dirty secret’
Sarah Kaplan
Read more
Bloomberg News
December 15, 2020
The Right to Flush and Forget
Brentin Mock
Read more
The New York Times
November 17, 2020
How the Problem of ‘Waste’ Affects the Rural Poor
Anna Clark
Read more
The New York Times
October 6, 2020
MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grant Winners for 2020: The Full List
Julia Jacobs
Read more
Montgomery Advertiser
October 6, 2020
Lowndes County native Catherine Coleman Flowers earns 2020 MacArthur 'genius grant'
Saifya Charles
Read more
PBS
May 6, 2025
Catherine Coleman Flowers on the Future of Environmental Justice Under Trump
Read more
TIME
April 23, 2025
Environmental Justice Activist Catherine Coleman Flowers on Witnessing to Make Change
Miranda Jeyaretnam
Read more
TIME
April 23, 2025
How Industry Leaders Are Rethinking the Future of Climate Solutions
Read more
TIME
March 27, 2025
Why Catherine Coleman Flowers Believes Environmental Justice Is a Human Right
Justin Worland
Read more
TV Living
March 4, 2025
A conversation with the author of “Holy Ground”
Jocelyn Claborn
Read more
Sierra Magazine
February 18, 2025
Black Belt Defender
Chris Berdik
Read more
Nashville Scene
February 18, 2025
Faith Sustains Activist Catherine Coleman Flowers
Cat Acree
Read more
Inside Climate News
December 14, 2023
Q&A: Catherine Coleman Flowers Talks COP28, Rural Alabama, and the Path Toward a ‘Just Transition’
Lee Hedgepeth
Read more
Associated Press
October 4, 2023
EPA to investigate whether Alabama discriminated against Black residents in infrastructure funding
Kim Chandler
Read more
Forbes
August 3, 2023
How Environmentalist Catherine Coleman Flowers Is Exposing America's "Dirty Secret"
Read more
TIME
April 13, 2023
The 100 Most Influential People of 2023: Catherine Coleman Flowers
Read more
AL.com
April 13, 2023
Alabama activist Catherine Coleman Flowers among Time’s 100 most influential people
Shauna Stuart
Read more
Associated Press
March 6, 2023
Groups accuse Alabama of discrimination in wastewater funds
Read more
TIME
February 16, 2023
The Water Crisis No One In America Is Fixing
Bryn Nelson
Read more
TIME
August 23, 2022
Sanitation Problems Have Plagued Black Residents of an Alabama County for Decades. The Government Might Finally Do Something About It
Justin Worland
Read more
The Washington Post
December 17, 2020
Battling America’s ‘dirty secret’
Sarah Kaplan
Read more
Bloomberg News
December 15, 2020
The Right to Flush and Forget
Brentin Mock
Read more
The New York Times
November 17, 2020
How the Problem of ‘Waste’ Affects the Rural Poor
Anna Clark
Read more
The New York Times
October 6, 2020
MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grant Winners for 2020: The Full List
Julia Jacobs
Read more
Montgomery Advertiser
October 6, 2020
Lowndes County native Catherine Coleman Flowers earns 2020 MacArthur 'genius grant'
Saifya Charles
Read more
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