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Systems Repair

A Black woman with brown hair and a blue, green and white shirt looks at the camera as she sits on her porch.
Posted inSystems Repair

The factory’s long shadow

Avatar photo by Koby Levin December 4, 2023December 4, 2023

Cynthia Lowe spent years pushing the city to do something about federal air quality violations at what was the abandoned headquarters of the American Motors Corp. and is now the warehouse complex. A pile of industrial waste on the site was “so high you could ski,” she said.

A Black student wearing glasses and a bright blue backpack looks down at a cell phone with a tree and a municipal building in the background against a clear blue sky. A small oval-shaped air sensor device hangs from the backpack.
Posted inSystems Repair

Detroit family tackles asthma with DIY air filters — and measures the results

Avatar photo by Koby Levin and Nina Misuraca Ignaczak December 4, 2023December 4, 2023
A white woman with gray hair wearing a T-shirt that says “Dignity for Delray” stands in front of an open industrial area with a fence and construction barrier in her immediate background.
Posted inSystems Repair

Delray residents proved right by new study on toxic dust

by Brian Allnutt December 4, 2023December 4, 2023
Trucks and cars are blurred as they speed down a nine-lane highway in Detroit.
Posted inSystems Repair

What can be done to improve air quality in Detroit?

by Nina Ignaczak December 4, 2023December 4, 2023
A dozen Black students, several wearing maroon sweatshirts, pose with box fans and filters they assembled during a workshop at their school.
Posted inSystems Repair

These 10 numbers reveal Detroit’s air pollution problem

Avatar photo by Koby Levin December 4, 2023December 4, 2023
An Arab American woman gestures and speaks to reporters and activists standing several feet away from her with a parking lot and smokestacks in the background
Posted inSystems Repair

Air quality data means nothing without community action, Detroiters say

Avatar photo by Koby Levin December 4, 2023December 4, 2023
Two frames are pictured on the screen. In one a man in a police uniform speaks into a microphone sitting on a table. In the other an American Sign Language interpreter is pictured next to him.
Posted inSafety and Policing

BOPC Watch: Things that simply cannot be disclosed

by Sarah Alvarez December 1, 2023December 4, 2023
Five students walk along a street wearing backpacks on an overcast day.
Posted inFix this First

How Detroit roads risk the safety of the city’s youngest commuters

Avatar photo by SaMya Overall December 1, 2023November 30, 2023
Michigan State Police plaque in the shape of a badge with state seal on a blue wall. The U.S. and state flag are displayed in front.
Posted inSystems Repair

The uphill battle to track ‘wandering officers’ in Michigan heads to court

by Miriam Marini December 1, 2023November 30, 2023
Woman sits behind a front desk with a glass barrier, looking at her computer, in front of a sign that says “Wayne Metro Community Action Agency; Established 1971” next to a purple circular logo with the letters “WM.”
Posted inFix this First

Detroiters face countless housing emergencies each day. One hotline wants to solve them all

by Aaron Mondry November 29, 2023November 28, 2023

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