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  • Inequality
    Trump Says Our Schools Are 'Flush with Cash!?'
    January 27, 2017
    | Steven Singer
    Our schools have not gotten worse; they've stayed the same.
  • Inequality
    What Ben Carson Should Learn About Housing Segregation
    December 9, 2016
    | Richard Rothstein
    Reversing social engineering in public housing is the only way to end the segregation in urban neighborhoods.
  • Society
    Michigan: A Magical Mystery Tour of American Austerity Politics
    June 12, 2015
    | Laura Gottesdiener and Eduardo García
    Something stinks in the great lakes state.
  • Justice
    A Foreclosure Conveyor Belt: The Continuing Depopulation of Detroit
    April 22, 2015
    | Laura Gottesdiener
    As many as 100,000 of the city’s residents face eviction due to unpaid property taxes.
  • No One Should Have to Walk 21 Miles to Get to Work
    February 5, 2015
    | Katie Rose Quandt
    This Detroit man's horrific commute is just one extreme example of what poor public transportation means for many Americans.
  • An Appeal for Grace Lee Boggs
    December 8, 2014
    The 99-year-old social activist has been in hospice since September and friends are asking for help, Bill says.
  • Inequality
    Detroit: A Tale of Two Cities, Post-Bankruptcy
    November 18, 2014
    | Laura Gottesdiener
    There are two sides of Detroit; the rich and protected, and the poor and abandoned.
  • The Bankruptcy of Detroit and the Division of America
    September 6, 2014
    | Robert Reich
    As we continue to segregate by income, the rest of us will have to answer questions like the ones Detroit and its suburbs are facing, eventually.
  • Activism
    Standing Up to Disaster Capitalism in Detroit
    July 19, 2014
    | John Nichols
    As Detroit draws international criticism for shutting off water for low-income families, activists ask why people are being forced to pay while the Wall Street banks live large.
  • Activism
    Watch the Grace Lee Boggs Documentary on POV Tonight
    June 26, 2014
    | Bill Moyers
    Rooted for 75 years in the labor, civil rights and Black Power movements, the 99-year-old activist challenges a new generation to redefine revolution for our times.


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