People over Plastic

People Over Plastic (now Counterstream Media) is a nonprofit media organization that uses journalism and storytelling to challenge harmful narratives and work toward climate and environmental justice.

People over Plastic writes about

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Systems of oppression beget systems of oppression

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color photograph portrait of a Black woman wearing a vibrant green blouse with puffed sleeves. she sits in her house in front

‘They just abandoned us’

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color photograph of a Black woman in a yellow t-shirt with black text reading "Rise St. James." she stands in front of the co

‘Manifesting a great life for myself’

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color photograph of a young Black woman with her hair tied back sitting in a chair in a grassy area with garden blocks. she w

In the afterlife of slavery

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color photograph of a Black woman in a floral pink blouse leaning on the white wooden railing of a house