Newsletter Facing the floodwaters in California’s San Joaquin Valley The historically Black town of Allensworth tries to overcome a legacy of racist water policies and prevent a deluge from washing away their community.
Politics For one historically Black California town, a century of water access denied As the Central Valley became an agricultural powerhouse, Black migrants flocked to it for a piece of the California dream. But more established local farmers, almost all of whom were white, sought to control as much of the state’s water as possible.
