Homes and Highways: Rupture and Resistance in Los Angeles’s West Adams Neighborhood by Jordan BaldridgeSite Description: The West Adams neighborhood of Los Angeles was first populated by turn-of-the-century moguls: white men who had built fortunes in the city’s...
Filthadelphia
They Call It Filthadelphia:How “Cash for Trash” Programs Abused Philadelphia’s Lower Class by Juli MatlackSite Description: Philadelphia is notorious for being dirty. The nickname “Filthadelphia” was born based on its overwhelming amount of trash and litter throughout...
Newark’s Ironbound
Newark’s Ironbound Community Loses Against Incinerator by Arqum MasoodSite Description: The site I am focusing on is a garbage incinerator in Newark’s Ironbound area. The garbage incinerator is run by a company called Covanta, which launched its garbage incineration...
Open Windows Without Clean Air
Open Windows Without Clean Air:We Need to Do More for the Port of Elizabeth’s Air Pollution Problem by Sonia LenahanSite Description: The site I am covering is called “The Port Neighborhood” of Elizabeth, NJ. The neighborhood is only a 10 minute drive from my house,...
Blinded by the Apocalypse
Blinded by the Apocalypse: Carl Sagan and Nuclear Winter by Kurt WeinsteinSite Description: I am aspiring to an academic career because I have an insatiable curiosity. I have found science and history to be fundamental disciplines in answering my questions about the...
Newark’s Anheuser Busch
Newark’s Anheuser Busch: The Unsuspected Leader In Sustainable Brewing Practices by Patrycja Dziewa Site Description: Due to my involvement in the American craft beer industry, working on a paper related to beer is interesting and a great way to say focused and...
Interstate 10
Claiborne Expressway: An Expressway That Led Treme to Ruin by Jash ShuklaSite Description: There was a struggle for highway construction in New Orleans in Vieux Carre and Faubourg Treme whose success was determined by the influence in government and resources the...
The Government or Ronson
The Government or Ronson: Who’s to blame for the poisoning of Ironbound citizens? by Alexandra Vidal Site Description: The modern-day Ronson site consists of 19 family homes that are at continuous risk of vapor intrusion from an industrial chemical Trichloroethylene...