Delray and the NITC Bridge: Development As If People Mattered
Development As If People Mattered… A Bridge to A Healthy Community By Simone Sagovac Have you heard they are going to build a new bridge to Canada? That’s what Delray […]
Wayne County Tax Foreclosures Could Displace 20,000 Detroiters
By Michele Oberholtzer On Monday, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes made a landmark decision to authorize continued water shutoffs for unpaid water bills, leaving thousands of Detroiters without access to water. At […]
The Detroit Water Struggle: A Story
By Bill Wylie-Kellermann Think of Charity Hicks as the Rosa Parks of the Detroit Water Struggle. She was arrested in Detroit early on May 16 for resisting the shut off […]
Emergency Management: Ruthless Disregard of Citizens, Democracy and the Rule of Law
In the context of the dismal conditions already characterizing life in the City, Emergency Manager Kevin Orr, dealt another blow: the campaign to shut off the water in thousands of […]
Solar Streetlight Installation, Community Celebration Coming To Highland Park
The grassroots group Soulardarity will be installing its first residential community-owned solar-powered streetlight in Highland Park on Sunday, August 17. The organization formed in response to the city’s decision to remove two-thirds of its 1,500 streetlights in 2011 […]
CM Summer Fundraiser Hootenanny!
Join the Critical Moment crew for some summer fun at Food Field - a four acre urban farm in central Detroit. Musical acts are TBA and there’ll be an open […]
People’s History-Inspired Art Show To Honor Detroit Heroes
Here at Critical Moment, we’ve been following the work of artist Nicole McDonald for some time. In fact, we even selected her as our featured artist back in the summer […]
