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Pollution disproportionately affects low-income communities, and as the United States&#039; smoggiest city, Los Angeles has an obligation to make systemic reforms to reduce the strain smog puts on its most vulnerable residents. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)

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This post was updated Oct. 11 at 9:09 p.m. The fight for racial justice cannot ignore environmental justice. From wildfires to a pandemic, nature doesn’t discriminate, but people do.

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Opinion: LA officials must confront environmental inequities affecting communities of color

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Oct. 6, 2020 9:41 p.m.