Beyond Borderlines: Pilsen’s Environmental Justice Reparations and Reforms

By Nina Lopez and Leslie Montoya Environmental issues such as water contamination are the results of poor company human and environmental ethics, and the EPA in is joining an alliance with the City of Chicago to coordinate monitoring and establishing a better plan to clean up and keep Pilsen clean. Blue Island Produce Inc. 2320Continue

Gentrification in Chicago’s Pilsen Neighborhood

Chicago is known for its historical gentrified neighborhoods, racism and corrupt politics that causes mass amounts of displacement. Declining rates in public housing, education, and public service funding is an important debate in Chicago’s politics and the Pilsen neighborhood is no outlier. The mostly Latino/Hispanic has attracted young college students from University Village and theContinue

Chicago White Sox Game Attendance Since ’05

Whether you call it Comiskey Park, U.S Cellular Field, or Guaranteed Rate Field, all South Siders could agree that the suspense from the last play during the ’05 World Series left their hearts racing. As a Chicago native raised in the South Side, 2005 was a monumental moment for my side of town. I couldContinue

Chicago Pride Parade Attendance

During the month of June, Chicago’s LGBTQ+ community comes together to celebrate Pride month with a 4 mile- parade in the Northside neighborhood of Boystown. Since the legalization of gay-marriage rights took off just a few years back, national gay pride has since flourished. By coming together on a Sunday under the Chicago summer sun,Continue