Pollution Is Killing Black Americans. This Community Fought Back.

The New York Times Magazine takes a close look a the Grays Ferry neighborhood of South Philadelphia and the residents mobilizing for change.

Kilynn Johnson outside her home. She and several members of her family have suffered from various forms of cancer. Photography by Hannah Price for The New York Times.

African-Americans are 75 percent more likely than others to live near facilities that produce hazardous waste. Can a grass-roots environmental-justice movement make a difference? Read the full story from the New York Times Magazine right here.