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World Dispatch: Alabama deserves better

The journey of a train full of poop.

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World Dispatch: Alabama deserves better

The journey of a train full of poop.

Every Monday through Thursday, The Outline World Dispatch brings you stories about Power, Culture, and the Future. We guarantee you’ll feel smarter and more hydrated.

Alabama is a hotbed of environmental racism, and the problem recently resurfaced in the news. Our weekend editor, Drew Millard, sat down with our social editor, Brandy Jensen, to discuss how biosolids traveled over a thousand miles, from New York to Alabama, and then sat reeking at a railyard in the state.

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