The Path of Least Resistance: I-280 and the Fragmentation of Newark, New Jersey’s Marginalized Communities, 1955–1980 by Joseph RassSite Description:This study examines the I-280 highway corridor (East-West Freeway) in Newark, New Jersey. Its construction continued...
Deciding Who Breathes Dirty Air: External Power and Everyday Life in Camden, 2000s-Present
Deciding Who Breathes Dirty Air: External Power and Everyday Life in Camden, 1960s-Present by Maya SchaefleinSite Description: Waterfront South is a small, predominantly Black and Latino, working-class neighborhood in Camden, New Jersey, located along the Delaware...
The Line Between National Security and Local Consequences: The Environmental and Social Impacts of Ground Water Contamination in Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, 2014-2025
The Line Between National Security and Local Consequences: The Environmental, Social and Legal Impacts of Ground Water Contamination in Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, 2016-2025 by Melany CaceresSite Description: Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst is a vast military...
From Redlining to Toxics Sites: The Legacy of Discriminatory Housing in Newark’s Ironbound
From Red Lines to Toxic Sites: The Legacy of Discriminatory Housing in Newark’s Ironbound by Juliamny Fernandez Site Description:Newark’s Ironbound District is located along the Passaic River in New Jersey. The area surrounding Wilson Avenue and Ferry Street sits...
From Brewing Jobs to Luxury Lofts: The Ballantine Redevelopment and the Future of the Ironbound
From Brewing Jobs to Luxury Lofts: The Ballantine Redevelopment and the Future of the Ironbound by Justin RibeiroSite Description:The Ballantine brewery is located in the Ironbound section of Newark, New Jersey. There is a lot of history behind this brewery; it was...
When Water Turns into Poison: Race, Women, Class, and the Fight for Clean Water in Flint, Michigan (2014 – Present)
When Water Turns into Poison: Race, Women, Class, and the Fight for Clean Water in Flint, Michigan (2014 - Present) by Calixte AbandaSite Description:In 2014, Flint, a city in Michigan, became known around the world because of the water crisis that started there. To...
Eternal grief in City of God: socio-environmental inequalities connecting the flood disasters of 1966 and 1996 in Rio de Janeiro
Eternal grief in City of God: socio-environmental inequalities connecting the flood disasters of 1966 and 1996 in Rio de Janeiro by C.M. FreitasSite Description:This report focuses on the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It presents the history of two impactful...
From Pride to Prejudice: How Egyptian Politics Sculpted the World’s Largest “Garbage City”, 1940-1970s
From Pride to Prejudice: How Egyptian Politics Sculpted the World’s Largest “Garbage City”, 1940-1970s by Arthanious ShafikSite Description:Mansheyet Nasser is a district of Cairo, Egypt. Cairo is one of the largest metropolises in the middle east. Known as the...
A Tale of Two Cities: Stories of Race, Place, and Lead Contamination in Trenton, New Jersey and Levittown, Pennsylvania, 1950-1960
A Tale of Two Cities: Stories of Race, Place, and Lead Contamination in Trenton, New Jersey and Levittown, Pennsylvania, 1950-1960 by Gabriella ZalotSite Description:“Trenton makes, the world takes.” Although this reference to Trenton’s successful, industrial history...
A Split City: The Cross Bronx Expressway
A Split City: The Destruction of the South Bronx by Qudsiya SyeddaSite Description:Popular drill rapper Ice Spice once said "We both from the Bronx, so I know that you dirty(dirty)" in her song No Clarity. The Bronx borough has longtime had the repuation of being an...