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Fisher Body Plant Redevelopment/Maternal Mortality Rate

Season 50 Episode 12

A talk with two African American developers leading a $134 million proposed redevelopment of the former Fisher Body Plant No. 21 about their vision to turn the site into housing and retail. Plus, we talk with the nonprofit group Mothering Justice about the maternal mortality rate, and the increase in pregnancy-related deaths among Black mothers in 2020.

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