Detroit Future City

The last session of the Michigan legislature was not about Right to Work. Nor, was it about the new restrictions on women’s reproductive rights. They were just add-ons – possible because of the… Read More

Raising A Seasonal Ruckus: A Report On Critical Moment’s Holiday Fundraiser

Scraping together enough pennies, quarters, nickels and dimes to meet Critical Moment’s bills has become a tough task in the last year. After publishing our last issue, we found ourselves in a rather… Read More

What is the State of Black Detroit, 2013?

Editors Note: A shorter, edited version of this interview appeared in the Spring 2013 print edition of Critical Moment. What is presented here is a full, unedited transcript of the entire interview. Charles… Read More

Beloved Detroit

By Elena Herrada Detroit School Board Representative, District 2 Beloved Detroit: This is my report from the trenches. February 3. Despite many setbacks and betrayals on the political front, we remain optimistic. For… Read More

State of Black Detroit 2013

By William Copeland “Today, the dream of more equitable income distribution; a government restrained in its use of war; racial justice; environmental protection; gender justice; and a vision of a United States that… Read More

Poem Calculated risk

By Ryan Healy Oh… Us? We’ve been working on diseases you wouldn’t believe.   We sat still for years and thought of nothing but penises. You ran. Not off our maps, but the… Read More

Emergency Managers and Michigan’s Vanishing Democracy

By Michael Sabbagh Imagine, if you will, that public votes don’t matter. That a specific political party is so hell-bent on imposing their will on the people of a certain state that they… Read More

Highland Parkers Grapple with Dangerously High Water Bills

By Michael Sabbagh Residents of Highland Park received an unwelcome Christmas present when the city slammed municipal water users with obscenely high bills and accompanying shut off threats. The city had neglected to… Read More

Subsidizing Libertarianism: The Belle Isle Commonwealth

By Timothy Boscarino Amidst an ongoing debate on the role of state government in administering Belle Isle, a group of wealthy investors are proposing an even more radical idea: turning the island park… Read More

Mesh Wireless Networks: A REAL Detroit Future

By Sarah Coffey This is going to get a little deep for a minute but just hang in there with me.  A 97 year old woman I know says we’re at a time… Read More