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The Waukegan Way: Hardscrabble Politics and Clean Energy in Illinois

NPR
Published June 9, 2017 at 3:11 PM EDT

In Waukegan, Illinois, three Latino activists come together to fight a local coal plant—and enter the fray of Waukegan's bare-knuckle politics.

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