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Rashida Tlaib: The key question here about opportunity zones is that who does it? Who is the opportunity for exactly?

On the recordJuly 20, 2021
The key question here about opportunity zones is that who does it? Who is the opportunity for exactly?
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Tlaib questions the beneficiaries of opportunity zones and their alignment with equitable development.

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