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Siri Chilukuri is a freelance journalist and environmental justice fellow with Grist. She covers climate change, local politics, labor and culture. You can follow her on Twitter (X) @schilukuri1.
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This Earth Day, Common Ground Urges us to Rethink Our Relationship With Soil
Regenerative agricultural practices can be transformative, but only if we let them.
Siri Chilukuri
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Brandon Johnson Drops ShotSpotter
By fulfilling a campaign promise to end the contract with ShotSpotter, Johnson makes Chicago the largest city to cut ties with the controversial gunshot-detection company. The program could be finished as early as the end of this week.
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