A third of the fishers affected by BP’s catastrophic oil spill are Vietnamese—and they don’t have equal access to restitution payments and other aid. Brentin Mock reports on one of America’s most unique immigrant communities.
Brentin Mock is a New Orleans-based reporter who contributes regularly to TheRoot.com, GOOD, TheGrio.com, The American Prospect, and is a staff reporter for the forthcoming investigative journalism non-profit, www.thelensnola.org.
On the 35th anniversary of her dad’s legendary fight, Khaliah Ali travels to the Congo, seeing that humanitarian conditions have worsened.