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Community members watch a presentation at the Explore ChiVes event in DePaul’s new Spark Center on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. Curran hopes events like these will spread the word and enable community organizing. The center can fit over 50 people.

SPARK Center debuts with environmental data-driven neighborhood project

Jeremy Battle, Asst. Photo Editor • September 30, 2024

Featuring a massive LED display wall and two mounted touch screens on each side of the room, DePaul’s brand-new SPARK Center opened its doors to its first-ever event, Explore ChiVes, on Sept. 17. Dozens...

Nicole Bogash and her son Ryder, 5, look on as the Kankakee River floods the nearby banks and portions the of downtown area, affecting several business across the river, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, in Wilmington, Il.

Life expectancy disparities in Chicago prompt calls for environmental justice

Rose O'Keeffe, Content Managing Editor • February 11, 2024
Chicago has the largest life expectancy gap between neighborhoods in the country.
Mayor Brandon Johnson's history with Chicago Public Schools sparks hope to foster better relationship between the Teacher's Union and the Mayor's Office.

Unpacking Mayor Johnson’s environmental goals and transition report

Samantha Moilanen, Former Online Managing Editor • October 22, 2023
Brandon Johnson enacts new environmental policy.
A mural painted by Joe Nelson inside of the Chicago Justice Gallery, 1344 S. Halsted St. The mural was showcased as part of the “Climates of Inequality: Stories of Environmental Justice,” exhibit.

Chicago art exhibit spotlights global environmental injustices

Jacqueline Cardenas and Samantha Moilanen • October 15, 2023

An idea sparked four years ago led environmental activists and scholars to create a multimedia art exhibit that features local and global stories of climate injustices.  Visitors gathered for the opening...

Federal investigation binds Chicago to environmental justice

Federal investigation binds Chicago to environmental justice

Lucia Preziosi, Editor in Chief • October 15, 2023
Federal investigation pushes Chicago Mayor Johnson to implement environmental justice policy
Road construction on I-55 is being expanded into communities who have had environmental justice concerns. Many community members were upset when they heard the announcement.

Illinois legislators push for I-55 expansion, Chicagoans concerned about environmental impacts

Samantha Moilanen, Former Online Managing Editor • May 29, 2023

For residents in Chicago’s Southwest Side, air pollution is a constant issue, even more so in the summer months.  In 2020, the city conducted an air quality health report that found transportation...

The General Iron facility's relocation site at 11600 S. Burley Ave.

Environmental justice advocates score a win against General Iron, but their fight is far from over

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor • May 16, 2021

For about as long as Reserve Management Group has attempted to move metal-scrapping facility General Iron from Lincoln Park to the Southeast Side, activists and commonfolk near the proposed location have...

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