Turn On the Water
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Turn On the Water
For years, Detroit and Johannesburg have withheld water from Black residents who can’t pay. Gospel music filled the room inside…
Latino contractors seek bigger piece of southwest Detroit’s building boom
Bridget Barnes Espinosa set up pan dulce coffee hours, visited taquerias and passed out 8,000 flyers, all toward a single goal: to increase construction…
Detroit women filling a niche in the grocery supply chain
On an early Friday morning, just a few minutes past sunrise, Dani Dueñas arrives at the Detroit Produce Terminal deep…
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