Michigan Town Grapples With Shrinking Public Sector
Tammi Warren has lived on the same winding street in the Detroit suburb of Inkster, Mich., all her life. But as she drives down the block in her Ford pickup, Warren points to several houses on her...
View ArticleStudents Say They've Been Denied The Right To Read
Eight Detroit-area public school students returning to classes this week are plaintiffs against a school system they say has failed them.Their families and the American Civil Liberties Union say that...
View ArticleRacial, Regional Divide Still Haunt Detroit's Progress
For many years — perhaps even decades — Detroit has been the poster child for economic malaise.
View ArticleAn Urban Tree Farm Grows In Detroit
An entrepreneur says he's got a plan to curb urban blight in parts of Detroit. He's buying up acre after acre of abandoned lots and planting thousands of trees. But where backers of the plan see a...
View ArticleCan Detroit Be Saved?
Detroit is broke. On Friday, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder announced the state will take over the city's finances."It is time to say, we need to start moving upward with the city of Detroit," he said.But...
View ArticleDetroit Businesses See Opportunity In Bankruptcy
Few Detroiters think the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history is great news.But plenty see it as an opportunity. Many Detroit business owners hope the bankruptcy will mean more stability and...
View ArticleWindsor, Ontario, To Detroit: 'Reset And Come Out Stronger'
The Detroit River is the mile-wide boundary that separates the United States and Canada. And the city park on the Windsor, Ontario, side of the river offers a better view of the Detroit skyline than...
View ArticleA 'Tale Of Two Cities' As Detroit Looks To 2014
The streets outside Avalon Bakery in Detroit's Midtown are a snowy, slushy, mostly unplowed mess, and all these customers want to do is pay for their loaf of Motown Multigrain or Poletown Rye.But...
View ArticleSome Fake Coral Might Mean A Sea Change at Detroit Aquarium
Detroit's Belle Isle Aquarium is getting a little help from its friends in Washington, D.C. The National Aquarium closed late last year after more than 100 years. Thousands of dollars' worth of...
View ArticleMichigan Town Grapples With Shrinking Public Sector
Tammi Warren has lived on the same winding street in the Detroit suburb of Inkster, Mich., all her life. But as she drives down the block in her Ford pickup, Warren points to several houses on her...
View ArticleStudents Say They've Been Denied The Right To Read
Eight Detroit-area public school students returning to classes this week are plaintiffs against a school system they say has failed them.Their families and the American Civil Liberties Union say that...
View ArticleRacial, Regional Divide Still Haunt Detroit's Progress
For many years — perhaps even decades — Detroit has been the poster child for economic malaise.
View ArticleAn Urban Tree Farm Grows In Detroit
An entrepreneur says he's got a plan to curb urban blight in parts of Detroit. He's buying up acre after acre of abandoned lots and planting thousands of trees. But where backers of the plan see a...
View ArticleCan Detroit Be Saved?
Detroit is broke. On Friday, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder announced the state will take over the city's finances."It is time to say, we need to start moving upward with the city of Detroit," he said.But...
View ArticleDetroit Businesses See Opportunity In Bankruptcy
Few Detroiters think the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history is great news.But plenty see it as an opportunity. Many Detroit business owners hope the bankruptcy will mean more stability and...
View ArticleWindsor, Ontario, To Detroit: 'Reset And Come Out Stronger'
The Detroit River is the mile-wide boundary that separates the United States and Canada. And the city park on the Windsor, Ontario, side of the river offers a better view of the Detroit skyline than...
View ArticleA 'Tale Of Two Cities' As Detroit Looks To 2014
The streets outside Avalon Bakery in Detroit's Midtown are a snowy, slushy, mostly unplowed mess, and all these customers want to do is pay for their loaf of Motown Multigrain or Poletown Rye.But...
View ArticleSome Fake Coral Might Mean A Sea Change at Detroit Aquarium
Detroit's Belle Isle Aquarium is getting a little help from its friends in Washington, D.C. The National Aquarium closed late last year after more than 100 years. Thousands of dollars' worth of...
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