Opinion: We should empower youth to fight for environmental justice in their own neighborhoods

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By Layla JohnsonMar 4, 2025, 1:19 pm69 pts
I’m a recent high school graduate who lived and breathed for most of my life in Braddock, Pennsylvania, about nine miles southeast of Pittsburgh. Braddock is home to the Edgar Thomson Steel Mill, owned by U.S. Steel, which Nippon Steel recently tried to purchase before the deal was blocked. During the last…

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