Pilsen

Saturday, April 7, 2012 marked Occupy Chicago's official reemergence after a milder than expected winter with a citywide day of action, known as "Take the Spring."

A confluence of events will make Chicago the national and perhaps worldwide hub of the Occupy Movement through the spring. Welcome to the Chicago Spring.

Calling for an end to the deadly and costly pollution from the Fisk and Crawford plants on the west side of Chicago, neighborhood families supporters posted photos of their affected children, elderly and businesses at City Hall.

As spiking levels of lead and other pollutants choke the air in a residential community on Chicago's Near Southwest Side, residents continue to press ...

The struggle against Fisk and Crawford power plants has been ongoing for decades. Today the issue has effectively perked the ears of politicians. How influenced were they by the rapid gentrification of Pilsen?

Last week's fatal coal train wreck in Iowa was a tragic reminder of the stunning human and environmental cost of coal burning in the Windy City. That could all change on Thursday, April 21st.

What happens when exposure to lead emanates from a non-isolatable source, when it saturates your neighborhood through our most precious and fundamental compound -- the air we breathe?

Heading west from the Dan Ryan Expressway on the near South Side of Chicago, Cermak Road is a wide, industrial street, lined on its south side with wa...

Removing the ability to enforce laws already on the books and funding cuts are all part of the playbook being employed to beat down the EPA right now. It is short-sighted, wrong-headed and stupid.

UPDATE: In response to Friday's Tribune story, Alderman Solis announced Monday that he would push for a new ordinance regulating lead emissions at ...

Chicago's third heaviest snowfall in history shut down schools and businesses and stranded drivers... But there was a bigger crisis in many Mexican n...

Name: James Wurm Location: Pilsen -- Chicago, Illinois Size: 860 square feet Years lived in: 1+ -- rented In just over a year, James has transformed ...

The parents of students at Whittier Dual Language School have been fighting for seven years to get a library built for the school. They learned about ...

On Wednesday night, for the first time in 43 days, the front door of La Casita was locked. The lights were turned off; the building was empty. A sit-...

The radical moms from Whittier Elementary School are now in the fifth week of their sit-in at the field house they call La Casita.

A battle between parents and the Chicago Public Schools has taken a dramatic turn, as the district moves to literally freeze protesters out. At the b...

CHICAGO — Last week, Afghanistan. This week, parents protesting the proposed demolition of a park field house. Former White House chief of staf...

The longest running open house for artists in Chicago is celebrating its fortieth anniversary this weekend. The Pilsen East Artists Open House has be...

It had been a long time coming and she needed a little help, but Ingacia Moya raised her right hand Monday morning and made a long-awaited dream come ...

First Lady Michelle Obama is in Mexico this week to launch an international agenda that's about inspiring young people around the world to become civi...

Murdered the day after his 19th birthday on his way for a slice of pizza in Pilsen. The young man who shot Jeff was seeking revenge in the wrong place, a case of mistaken identity.

Pilsen has its charms and all, but I've never lived there, gone to school there or spent much time there, like the overwhelming majority of the approximately 800,000 Chicago Latinos.

What kind of world will we leave behind for our children? What can we as parents do to ensure our children do not suffer the health effects of dangerous air quality and industry and government negligence?