A Toxic Landfill Was on the Brink of Expanding. Residents Fought Back and Won
2025-08-20
A decades-long battle to transform a Southeast Chicago lakefront property into a public park is starting to bear fruit. But where the new toxic sludge will go has yet to be determined. By Christiana Freitag CHICAGO—Where the Calumet River meets the shores of Lake Michigan sits 43 acres of lakefrontContinue Reading