Race, Poverty, Farming and a Natural Gas Pipeline Converge In a Rural Illinois Township

This story was previously published by the Chicago Sun-Times. Read the original here. Five years ago, the mayor of Hopkins Park, a Black, rural community in Kankakee County, Illinois, argued for building an immigration detention center there to boost the economy. The people who lived there said: No, thanks.  Mayor Mark Hodge now has another … Continue reading Race, Poverty, Farming and a Natural Gas Pipeline Converge In a Rural Illinois Township