In Alabama’s Black Belt, a proposed hyperscale data center threatens to compound longstanding environmental injustices, raising questions about corporate tax breaks, community input and whose interests matter in a county still struggling with basic sanitation.
Author Archives: Joseph Williams
A veteran journalist, political analyst, and essayist, Joseph Williams has been published in a wide range of publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Politico, The Boston Globe, The Atlantic, and US News & World Report. A California native, Williams is a graduate of the University Of Richmond and a former Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. He lives and works in metro Washington, D.C.

