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#detroit bankruptcy
  • 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.
  • Looking Beyond the Minimum Wage
    May 22, 2014
    | Stephen Lerner
    Minimum wage campaigns should be the entry point to not only raise the bottom but also to challenge the tricks, skims and scams that concentrate wealth into the hands of fewer and fewer people.
  • How Wall Street Financial Fees Choke Our Cities
    May 9, 2014
    | David Sirota
    Los Angeles is being forced to spend $300 million a year on Wall Street fees. That's more than it spends on its roads. Other cities have been crushed by Wall Street fees as well.
  • Does Bankrupt Detroit Need a Sports Arena?
    July 31, 2013
    | Dave Zirin
    Dave Zirin ponders how city leaders justify spending money on a new hockey arena over fixing city schools or restoring streetlights.
  • Recommended Reading: The Detroit Bankruptcy
    July 31, 2013
    | John Light
    Review thought-provoking articles and columns about Detroit's bankruptcy and what it says about the past and future of America's cities.


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