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Climate change spurs agencies to provide health resources

As weather events such as storms and droughts intensify, so does the need to produce more tools to protect the most vulnerable.
Air pollution's invisible toll on your health
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Air pollution's invisible toll on your health

Children, pregnant women, the elderly and those with pre-existing heart or lung disease are the most vulnerable.
Mapping the disparities of Chicago's unequal pandemic

Mapping the disparities of Chicago's unequal pandemic

Draw a map of Chicago and shade the areas with more poverty, pollution and coronavirus. It will start to look like being Black is a pre-existing condition. 
Destiny Thomas: ‘Safe streets’ are not safe for black lives

Destiny Thomas: ‘Safe streets’ are not safe for black lives

A transportation planner warns pedestrian-friendly street redesigns that happen without diverse public input can end up harming the communities they serve.
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