For more, read our full investigation with @bridgedet313.bsky.social:

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Strong piece by partner Jena Brooker @bridgedet313.bsky.social! Left in the Dust: How a Billionaire-Owned Concrete Plant Took Over a Detroit Community

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^ By Jena Brooker, in partnership w/ @propublica.org + @bridgedet313.bsky.social Stories like this are so maddening. Now that the city is recovering, Detroiters who tended to it through its most brutal decades of disinvestment + drugs should be able exhale. Instead, more teardowns and pollution.

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NEW: Detroit's Cadillac Heights used to be a quiet neighborhood. After a historic land swap facilitated by city officials, a billionaire-owned concrete plant moved in. Now residents say they are battling air pollution so thick they can “taste the dust.” with @bridgedet313.bsky.social

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Many versions of the cash in hand programs show good outcomes. Giving people money to care for their families or (gasp) providing housing reduces the evils of poverty. Stop giving money to the wealthy. Give it the people who need it.

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