Four years after the metal recycling facility proposed its new location on the Southeast Side, organizers reflect on the victories, heartache and future of industry..
Southeast Side residents, long suffering with pollution, seek environmental justice as city weighs request to relocate controversial facility from Lincoln Park Every morning, Roni-Nicole Facen..
How does General Iron play into larger patterns of the city’s environmental burden? On May 7, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency wrote..
The relocation of General Iron’s metal shredding facility from Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood to the city’s Southeast Side has become one of the most pivotal..
Activists from the city’s Southeast Side neighborhood East Side participated in a 30 day hunger strike to protest a third permit from the city..
Shedding Light on Environmental Racism Within Chicago
When I sat down recently with eight study abroad students, part of me expected them to come to the conversation heralding epic tales of travel,..
A look into viral aesthetics and items sweeping the internet
What dedicated bike lanes and bike paths can do to transform Chicago and cut its emissions.
Analyzing the disparity of green spaces between Chicago’s North, West and South Sides
