Chicago May Get a Way to Keep Polluters Out of Black Neighborhoods

By Willy Blackmore
This article was originally published on Word In Black.
Chicago’s infamy for environmental injustice is as old as the city’s history as an industrial center. Its stockyards, train yards, and factories have always been clustered around Black and Latinx communities, often on the South and West Sides. But a new ordinance currently under consideration by the city council could finally break the long, awful tradition. 
Introduced last month by Mayor Brandon Jo