This document discusses several examples of environmental injustices that disproportionately impact low-income and minority communities. Along the US-Mexico border, multinational corporations operating plants dump toxic waste into the Rio Grande, polluting the drinking water and contributing to high rates of birth defects among low-income residents. The Flint water crisis exposed over 100,000 residents to lead due to infrastructure mismanagement, with health impacts unequally affecting those who could not afford alternatives. When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, the low-income minority areas with poorly maintained levees suffered the most damage and deaths. The legacy of historic redlining practices continues to cause health disparities through unequal infrastructure funding and barriers to social and political empowerment in