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Author Archives: Isabelle Tavares

Isabelle Tavares covers environmental and public health impacts in Southwest Detroit for Planet Detroit with Report for America. Working in text, film and audio, she is a Dominican-American storyteller who is concerned with identity, generational time, and ecology. 

Southwest Detroit resident Ed Gies holds personal air quality monitor.
Posted inNews

Chemical odors in Southwest Detroit trigger April air quality complaints

Avatar photo by Isabelle Tavares May 1, 2025May 2, 2025
Environmental activist Theresa Landrum in Southwest Detroit.
Posted inCommunity

Toxic tour in Southwest Detroit: Cristo Rey students explore environmental justice through art

Avatar photo by Isabelle Tavares April 22, 2025April 22, 2025
Planet Detroit's Isabelle Tavares chats with caseworker and journalist Andrea Meza.
Posted inCommunity

Café y Chisme No. 5: How Andrea Meza amplifies Detroit’s community voices

Avatar photo by Isabelle Tavares April 22, 2025April 22, 2025
A school bus passes through a flooded underpass on Livernois Avenue in Detroit.
Posted inCommunity

Smartphones become tool in Detroit’s flood fight: ‘Sometimes the streets are almost entirely water’

Avatar photo by Isabelle Tavares April 17, 2025April 17, 2025
Detroit Intermodal Freight Terminal
Posted inNews

Detroit’s truck route ordinance: Will it finally bring relief to Southwest?

Avatar photo by Isabelle Tavares April 10, 2025April 10, 2025
Peeling lead paint
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Detroit softens lead inspection rules in new rental program: Expert says it’s ‘unconscionable’ move

Avatar photo by Isabelle Tavares March 27, 2025March 27, 2025
"Do Not Dig" sign at Roberto Clemente Learning Academy in Southwest Detroit
Posted inNews

Southwest Detroit school built atop contaminated site not impacted by nearby flood, officials say

Avatar photo by Isabelle Tavares March 13, 2025March 13, 2025
Planet Detroit Southwest reporter Isabelle Tavares interviews Detroit organizer Victor Jimenez.
Posted inCommunity

Café y Chisme No. 4: Victor Jimenez on environmental organizing in Southwest Detroit 

Avatar photo by Isabelle Tavares March 12, 2025March 12, 2025
Site of water main break in Southwest Detroit
Posted inNews

Water service returns ‘shortly’ in Southwest Detroit neighborhood devastated by flood

Avatar photo by Isabelle Tavares March 6, 2025March 6, 2025
Posted inNews

Southwest Detroit residents take stand against ICE crackdown: ‘Our presence enriches this country’

Avatar photo by Isabelle Tavares March 5, 2025March 20, 2025

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