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Detroit
Did the Detroit Mayor’s Office Suppress Damaging Water Shutoffs Study?
Shutting off water to low-income residents because of their inability to pay city bills has sparked a growing public health crisis.
Making Us All Sicker: Detroit Water Shut-Offs May Well Have Caused Irreparable Damage
Detroit's emphasis on profits over clean water access for all its residents is making people physically ill.
Beating Wall Street Means Fighting the Extraction of Wealth From Communities of Color
Racist hate language is one of the tools the financial sector uses to extract wealth from communities of color.
The Gentrification-to-Prison Pipeline
Many of the incarcerated have this in common — they start out as casualties of "redevelopment."
#WageLove: Water Activists Build a Global Movement
Civil rights lawyer Alice Jennings is pushing the courts to see clean water in Detroit and Flint as a human rights issue.
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How Gentrification Is Killing US Cities and Black Lives
"How to Kill a City" exposes how gentrification monetizes the loss and destruction of Black communities.
Where There Is No Water: Detroit’s Ongoing Crisis
Detroit paid Homrich Wrecking millions to shut off water supply to poor Black residents who couldn't pay their bills.
How Community Land Trusts Can Fix Detroit’s Foreclosure Mess
Nearly 1 in 6 properties across the city faced tax foreclosure last year. Land trusts are one way to keep buildings affordable.
The Great Unwinding of Public Education: Detroit and DeVos
Efforts to hold Michigan charter schools accountable have failed, thanks to lobbying from Betsy DeVos's family.
The Republican Sabotage of the Vote Recounts in Michigan and Wisconsin
Tens of thousands of ballots cast in majority-Black districts remain uncounted.