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Environmental Justice In Little Village: A Case For Reforming Chicago’S Zoning Law, Charles Isaacs Apr 2020

Environmental Justice In Little Village: A Case For Reforming Chicago’S Zoning Law, Charles Isaacs

Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy

Chicago’s Little Village community bears the heavy burden of environmental injustice and racism. The residents are mostly immigrants and people of color who live with low levels of income, limited access to healthcare, and disproportionate levels of dangerous air pollution. Before its retirement, Little Village’s Crawford coal-burning power plant was the lead source of air pollution, contributing to 41 deaths, 550 emergency room visits, and 2,800 asthma attacks per year. After the plant’s retirement, community members wanted a say on the future use of the lot, only to be closed out when a corporation, Hilco Redevelopment Partners, bought the lot …


Chicago Islamic Microfinance Project, Karen Ahmed, Cynthia Shawamreh Jan 2009

Chicago Islamic Microfinance Project, Karen Ahmed, Cynthia Shawamreh

Publications – Dreihaus College of Business

No abstract provided.


Chicago Islamic Microfinance Project, Karen Hunt Ahmed, Cynthia Shawamreh Dec 2008

Chicago Islamic Microfinance Project, Karen Hunt Ahmed, Cynthia Shawamreh

Karen Hunt Ahmed

No abstract provided.