Zoned for Resistance
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Publisher: Notes from America with Kai Wright
Duration: 42:29
Summary from website: As COVID-19 first spread through Chicago, the residents of Little Village faced another imminent crisis — the hastily-approved demolition of an old coal-fired power plant that left the neighborhood shrouded in dust during a pandemic lock-down. This week, reporter Jenny Casas tells the story of Kim Wasserman’s decades-long fight for environmental justice in Little Village and the lessons it offers for protest movements sweeping the country.
Link: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/anxiety/episodes/zoned-for-resistance