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BENTON HARBOR -- Four years after back-to-back nights of rioting drew
national attention to the smoldering race and poverty issues of Michigan's
poorest town, several nonprofits -- including an arm of Whirlpool Corp. -- are
poised to execute a grand solution for Benton Harbor's ills.
Critics say the plan mostly benefits well-off Whirlpool executives and
golfers -- not the residents of Benton Harbor, which routinely leads the state
in various poverty indexes.
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