The Ironbound district in Newark, NJ, is one of the most toxic neighborhoods in America. Maria López-Nuñez and her colleagues are waging a war for environmental justice, fighting to prevent surrounding factories from obtaining “permits to pollute.” Working in collaboration with her community and local politicians for the right to breathe clean air, their efforts have recently paid off in a groundbreaking new law to protect the state’s most vulnerable communities from polluters. For more info see: https://thesacrificezone.org/