E Pluribus Unum: How A Small New Jersey Suburb Received One of The Most Complicated Cleanups in EPA History (1979-2021) by Gabe M. WeirSite Description:In the 1920s, on the border of Glen Ridge and Orange, NJ, the US Radium Company operated a factory where radium...
Noise Can Do More
Noise can do More than just hurt your ears: How Noise pollution is hurting the community of Crotona Park East and Morrisania, Bronx, NY (1980) by Joshua Matthew TalbanSite Description: Noise pollution in New York City dates back to the early 20th century and continues...
Drowning in the Raritan
Drowning in the Raritan:Working-Class Central New Jersey Towns Left Flooded and Looking for Help (1990-2021) by Hunter TagliaboschiSite Description: The Raritan River causing flooding has been an ongoing issue in the central part of NJ for decades and notably...
California’s Black Heroin
Los Angeles Urban Oil Drilling: California’s Black Heroin by J. SedilloSite Description: Oil was discovered in Los Angeles County in the early 1890’s, the ‘Los Angeles Oil Field’ was once the top producing oil field in California. Though Los Angeles county is the...
Grime and Filth, Followed by a Train
Parrish, Alabama:The Poor Facing Grime and Filth, Followed by a Train (2017-2021) by Philip PoretskySite Description: In 2017, cargo from a New York train, carrying waste, made its home in the small town of Parrish Alabama. The stench – atrocious, disrupting daily...
Mineshaft Madness
Perilous paint and the fight for the Ringwood mines in New Jersey (2008-2021) by Kyle McLennanSite Description: In the late 1960s and early 70s the Ringwood mines were used to get rid of paint sludge, and other waste, from the Ford assembly plant in Mahwah. The EPA...
Lead and Arsenic Poisoning
Lead and Arsenic Poisoning by U.S. Smelter and Lead Refinery in East Chicago, Indiana over the last Century by N. HomSite Description: East Chicago is in the northwest corner of Indiana, near the border between Indiana and Illinois and on the coastline of Lake...
It’s Raining Dogs, Cats, and Injustice
It’s Raining Dogs, Cats, and Injustice: Systematic Oppression Towards Pet Owners in the City of Newark by Katherine DeMottieSite Description: In post-war America, pet ownership has become a staple of many households. Dogs and cats specifically have proven themselves...
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...
Newark’s Lead and Water Crisis
Newark’s Lead and Water Crisis by Marzia ChoudhurySite Description: My project is about the crisis Newark faces as lead has been found in its water supply. Thus, the site my project is located in is the city of Newark, specifically its water system. This includes the...