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Carlos Enriquez

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Op-Ed: Stop Treating the Southeast Side as Disposable

by Carlos Enriquez September 2, 2020September 2, 2020

This piece is part of a series that explores the various perspectives around defunding the police. The Southeast Side community on the Calumet River has historically been an industrial corridor. The longtime home of the old steel mills has recently become the city’s designated dumping zone, and residents struggle with exposure to petcoke, manganese, and […]

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