Students 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 ArticleBad Bets, Costly Promises Put Detroit On The Brink Of Bankruptcy
The state of Michigan is taking over its largest city's finances. Washington, D.C., attorney Kevyn Orr's job is to reverse a death spiral in Detroit, brought on by an eroding tax base, and years of...
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 ArticleDetroit Retirees Wonder How Bankruptcy Will Affect Benefits
Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel.MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: And I'm Melissa Block. We begin this hour in Detroit where colossal decisions about...
View ArticleDetroit Voters Narrow Mayoral Field For November Election
Less than four weeks after Detroit filed for the nation's largest municipal bankruptcy in history, city residents went to the polls Tuesday to narrow down the field of 16 mayoral contenders for the...
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 ArticleDetroit Billionaire Goes On Real Estate Buying Binge
Despite the bankruptcy, parts of downtown Detroit are going gangbusters, and that's in large part because of one guy. Online mortgage mogul Dan Gilbert has bought up 40 buildings and counting. He's...
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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