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Hillcrest

A small house is dwarfed by the refinery behind it, with a smokestack spewing white smoke or steam.

Black Residents of Corpus Christi’s Hillcrest Back in Court Over Pollution

The neighborhood has launched three lawsuits: over a sewage treatment plant, unsafe bridge construction, and now a desalination plant.

by Dylan Baddour

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After Decades of Living with Pollution, Relocation Program Offers Corpus Christi Residents a Way Out

by Naveena Sadasivam

Housing Advocates Fight to Preserve Big Win in Corpus Christi’s Northside

by Patrick Michels

Bridge Project Prompts ‘Buyout’ of Corpus Christi Neighborhood

by Priscila Mosqueda

Hillcrest, a neighborhood in Corpus Christi Sep 17, 2015

Fifth Circuit Reverses Criminal Conviction of Citgo in Corpus Christi Pollution Case

by Priscila Mosqueda

Jun 01, 2015

A Neighborhood Apart

A Corpus Christi highway project threatens to sever a community already devastated by industry.

by Priscila Mosqueda

Feb 06, 2014

Victims Disappointed by Small Penalty in Citgo Criminal Case

by Priscila Mosqueda

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Oct 23, 2013

Years After Criminal Conviction, Citgo Petroleum Finally Facing Sentence in Corpus Christi

by Priscila Mosqueda

Hillcrest, a neighborhood in Corpus Christi Oct 24, 2012

Kochworld

To see how the Koch brothers’ free-market utopia operates, look no further than Corpus Christi.

by Melissa del Bosque and Jen Reel

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