The Margin

A River of Deception

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For Native communities like the Upper Skagit Tribe, whose treaty rights have been violated for over a century, and whose spiritual sites lie flooded beneath Seattle City Light's reservoirs, each delay represents another season of the utility's profits taking priority over treaty rights.

🧵 Thread: Seattle City Light’s river dams are harming Native communities. The federal government just delayed its environmental review for a third time.

The Climate Movement Has Blind Spots. We're Here to Expose Them. The people most harmed by ecological violence are usually the least represented in the stories we consume about climate change. That's why the podcast A People's Climate exists.

The people most harmed by ecological violence are underrepresented in stories about climate change. That’s why our new podcast with @counterstream.bsky.social and powered by Wildseeds Fund exists. Read our latest op-ed from podcast host @shilpichhotray.bsky.social.

We are so honored to be have received not one, not two, but THREE awards for best journalism from @inn.org!!! 🏆 🏆 🏆 #INNYs2025

Congratulations to our amazing team of reporters and editors who made these investigations possible.

The Micro Division winner of the Insight Award for Visual Journalism is “Pursuing Higher Ground: Six Months After the Hurricane That Changed Appalachia” from @themarginus.bsky.social.

The Micro Division winner of the Insight Award for Explanatory Journalism is “After Allen Field: Lessons from Houston’s Mandatory Buyout Program,” an article by Amal Ahmed, Ko Bragg, Danielle Villasana of @themarginus.bsky.social.

The Micro Division winner of the Best Investigative Journalism Award is @themarginus.bsky.social. This award recognizes the investigation, “A River of Deception.”

Through strategic insight, organizational visibility, partnership development, and fundraising support, our council members will champion The Margin, enabling us to continue growing, creating impact, and holding powerful institutions accountable.

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THREAD: Welcome The Margin's new Advisory Council! 🎉

The Advisory Council is a team of talented experts and leaders who will help drive The Margin's environmental and climate justice journalism forward! 🌎

Visit themargin.us/team to learn more!

🖥️ Join us on Sep. 8 for our live webinar, “Inside The Margin: Pursuing Higher Ground."

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🖥️ Join us on Sep. 8 for our live webinar, “Inside The Margin: Pursuing Higher Ground."

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In After Allen Field, journalist Amal Ahmed examines Harris County’s mandatory buyout program, the first of its kind in the nation, as well as reflections and updates on the Guadalupe River flooding in Central Texas.

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Join The Margin and Managing Editor, Ko Bragg, for a urgent Zoom conversation about After Allen Field, journalist Amal Ahmed’s deep‑dive into Harris County’s first mandatory buyout program. In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, county officials identified Allen Field—a low‑lying, predominantly Hispanic and Black neighborhood along Greens Bayou—as “hopelessly deep” in floodplain and paid more than 400 homeowners to leave. Rather than build infrastructure, the land was cleared, leaving vacant lots where families once lived and fractured the tight‑knit community ties built over generations. As Texas communities reel from the latest Guadalupe River flooding, this discussion couldn’t be more urgent. Ko and Amal will be joined by Zoe Middleton (fmr. Harris County staffer, current Associate Policy Director at the Union of Concerned Scientists) and Alice Liu (Co-Director of Communications, Organizing, and Disaster Preparedness with West Street Recovery). Aug 7, 2025 08:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

📢 TOMORROW, 8pm ET: Join @themarginus.bsky.social and Managing Editor Ko Bragg for a Zoom convo about After Allen Field, Amal Ahmed’s deep dive into Harris County’s buyout program after Hurricane Harvey. Feat. UCS's Zoe Middleton & Alice Liu (West Street Recovery).

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Join us for an urgent LIVE conversation about the impacts of the recent Guadalupe River flooding and “After Allen Field”, Amal Ahmed’s deep dive into Harris County, Texas’s first mandatory buyout program.

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We’re incredibly excited and honored to be recognized by the Institute for Nonprofit News as a Finalist for 6 Nonprofit News Awards!!!

Thank you to the entire team, especially the extraordinary journalists who investigate these issues and elevate the stories from the margins.

Join us for an urgent LIVE conversation about the impacts of the recent Guadalupe River flooding and “After Allen Field”, Amal Ahmed’s deep dive into Harris County, Texas’s first mandatory buyout program.

Register at bit.ly/AfterAllenField and submit your questions!

We’re incredibly excited and honored to be recognized by the Institute for Nonprofit News as a Finalist for 6 Nonprofit News Awards!!!

Thank you to the entire team, especially the extraordinary journalists who investigate these issues and elevate the stories from the margins.

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Inside: The Margin - In Toxic Detention. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Join us for a powerful discussion with journalist Rico Moore, the investigative reporter behind The Margin’s exposé “In Toxic Detention,” and community members directly impacted by Washington’s…

Last chance to register for our LIVE Inside: The Margin briefing with journalist Rico Moore and community members directly impacted by Washington’s privately run immigration facility the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma, WA.

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Inside: The Margin - In Toxic Detention. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Join us for a powerful discussion with journalist Rico Moore, the investigative reporter behind The Margin’s exposé “In Toxic Detention,” and community members directly impacted by Washington’s privat...

Join us for our first Inside: The Margin LIVE briefing on Tuesday at 6pm PST. This is an opportunity to hear from the investigative journalist and a local community member about the alleged crises at the private Northwest ICE Detention Center in Tacoma, WA.

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Inside: The Margin - In Toxic Detention. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Join us for a powerful discussion with journalist Rico Moore, the investigative reporter behind The Margin’s exposé “In Toxic Detention,” and community members directly impacted by Washington’s privat...

Join us for our first Inside: The Margin LIVE briefing on Tuesday at 6pm PST. This is an opportunity to hear from the investigative journalist and a local community member about the alleged crises at the private Northwest ICE Detention Center in Tacoma, WA.

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🔴 Join us for our first LIVE briefing of Inside: The Margin on July 8th at 6pm PST. We’ll do a deep dive on our recent exposé by @ricomoore.bsky.social on the alleged abuse and contaminated water crisis at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, WA.

Register here: bit.ly/InsideTheMargin

🔴 Join us for our first LIVE briefing of Inside: The Margin on July 8th at 6pm PST. We’ll do a deep dive on our recent exposé by @ricomoore.bsky.social on the alleged abuse and contaminated water crisis at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, WA.

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In an interview with The Margin, the state’s project lead for toxic cleanup efforts near the facility confirmed that it is possible these toxins have infiltrated the drinking water.

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The Washington State Department of Ecology claims that the EPA Superfund site around the Northwest Detention Center is remediated. But an underground benzene plume exists just below the surface, not far from where the detention facility now stands.

In Toxic Detention Investigating the alleged contaminated water crisis at the Northwest Detention Center.

Suicides, forced labor, and “brown and possibly contaminated” water: Rico Moore with @themarginus.bsky.social unmasks how ICE contractor The GEO Group built a toxic, billion-dollar empire on incarcerating migrants.

In Toxic Detention - The Margin Examining the alleged abuse and contaminated water crises at the Northwest Detention Center

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In Toxic Detention investigates the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, WA where detained migrants face toxic groundwater, corporate profit motives, and years of alleged abuse. Read the story by @ricomoore.bsky.social in collaboration with @thenation.com