Chicago’s SE Siders Demand Real Transparency & Participation
In pre-coronavirus days, I would have never imagined that after high school graduation I’d be spending the last fleeting moments of summer taking on officials...
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Pollution Strikes Again on the Southeast Side
Hegewisch Baseball Field Julio Ibarra The Fourth of July is here. Baseball, apple pie, all that stuff. Except not baseball in my neighborhood. On the Southeast...
Don't Bring General Iron's Mess Down to the Southeast Side
Despite the links between air pollution and higher rates of COVID-19 deaths, Chicago’s most vulnerable are still being put in harm's way by the city’s dirti...
Illinois General Assembly Special Session
The Illinois General Assembly is reconvening for an emergency session in Springfield next week just as Cook County becomes the new COVID-19 epicenter, surpassin...
Earth Day as a Chicago Youth Activist
I live on the Southeast Side of Chicago and have seen the devastating impacts of industrial pollution firsthand. In my neighborhood, there are storage facilitie...
Prioritizing Environmental Justice in Chicago
Making meaningful progress in addressing the inequalities that industrial pollution adds to the Chicago’s most vulnerable residents can happen before we deter...