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A displaced young Palestinian woman looks out from a balcony inside a UN school-turned-shelter in the Al-Shati refugee camp near Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip, following a reported Israeli strike on October 19, 2024.  © 2024 OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP via Getty Images A displaced young Palestinian woman looks out from a balcony inside a UN school-turned-shelter in the Al-Shati refugee camp near Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip, following a reported Israeli strike on October 19, 2024.  © 2024 OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP via Getty Images

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December 2, 2024 | Feature

Podcast: Rights & Wrongs

When Robert Taylor bought land and began to build a home in St. John Parish in Louisiana, he envisioned a compound that would house his family for generations to come. But living in 85-mile stretch of land along the banks of the Mississippi River that is home to some 200 fossil fuel and petrochemical operations has taken its toll. Known as Cancer Alley, Taylor now hopes his grandchildren don’t have to live in the “Sacrifice Zone.” Learn what has happened since we first aired this episode – and how AI hosts would have told the story.  The latest Human Rights Watch's biweekly podcast, Rights & Wrongs, is out now.

 

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