30 Years After Chicago’s Deadliest Heat Wave, Systemic Racism Is Still the Root Problem
2025-07-17
The disaster disproportionately killed Black residents in neighborhoods that still face the worst health and resource crises. A new city effort tracks these vulnerabilities. By Keerti Gopal CHICAGO—Cheryl Johnson was watching the news during the worst heat wave in her city’s history when she learned that a man she’d knownContinue Reading
