When Bessemer, Alabama, considered approving a massive new data center project earlier this year, there were very few public details about what, exactly, was being proposed — or how local elected officials in the historic, majority-Black city were negotiating with the project’s backers. That’s because a number of city leaders, including Mayor Kenneth Gulley, signed […]
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Willy Blackmore is a freelance writer and editor covering food, culture, and the environment. He lives in Brooklyn.
