New Report on Robert Bobb and Detroit Schools
Read this revealing report on Detroit Public Schools Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb. The 28-page document from Detroit activist Russ Bellant comes not a moment too soon, as the Michigan […]
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Detroit’s Got Soul…Do Bing’s “Experts” Know?
by Sarah Coffey Mayor Bing’s Detroit Works Project claims to address Detroit’s “declining population and financial resources” through a process of redesigning the city. This enterprise, previously known as the […]
On The Corner: Segway Spotting
He intruded on a conversation amongst coffee sippers. “It runs on gyroscopes and electric motors.” He was a Wayne State cop on a Segway, recently arrived at Avalon, leaning forward […]
Love Letter from Detroit
Nearly all the photos you see on the website and in the February/March 2011 issue are by Brad Duncan. Brad is a political activist and freelance journalist who was first […]
Playing Poker for a Living
by Aaron Mondry For six short months beginning in the summer of 2010 I played poker for a living. I left my previous job disgruntled and had no interest in […]
A Reflection on Soup
by Triana Kazaleh-Sirdenis Perhaps you have heard of Soups but are not sure what they are or where they happen. A number of them have popped up in Detroit and […]
Black Invisibility in the Black City
by Jackson Christopher Bartlett In the last year and a half, the national press has gone gaga over Slows Bar-BQ in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood. Given its great food and atmosphere, […]
Who Belongs to Brewster Douglass?
by Paul Abowd Detroit broke ground on the nation’s first public housing for Black people in 1935. With New Deal money and the Roosevelts’ blessing, housing officials chose a chunk […]
Critical Moment 