Chicago made its Southeast Side a polluter’s haven, violating civil rights

Grist
By Diana KruzmanJul 27, 2022, 10:30 am220 pts
A decision by the city of Chicago to relocate a scrapyard from an affluent white neighborhood to a majority-Black and Latino area has sparked years of public outcry, a hunger strike, national media attention, and multiple federal investigations. Now, one of those investigations has found that the city’s…

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