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These Cities Tried to Tackle Disinvestment. Here Are Lessons From What Happened.

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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for , a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country.They poured millions into deals with giant corporations. They propped up small businesses. They changed the tax code. They expanded mass transit.In cities as distinctly different as Washington; Newark, New Jersey; Chicago and Pittsburgh, government officials have found ways to restore essential goods and services to neighborhoods devastated by population loss and the flight of business.Subscribe to the Big Story newsletter.In November, how long-term...

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Disinvested: How Government and Private Industry Let the Main Street of a Black Neighborhood Crumble

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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive as soon as they’re published.This story was co-published with Block Club Chicago.Growing up in Chicago’s East Garfield Park neighborhood in the 1960s, Annette Britton spent a lot of time on Madison Street. She picked up produce for her mother at N&S Certified Food Mart, skated at the Albany roller rink and went to movies at the Imperial Theatre. A neighborhood pharmacy, Sacramento Drugs, not only filled prescriptions but served customers ice cream at a diner in back. Durham’s, an appliance store,...

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