An Update on the Financial Stability Agreement
This past April, the City of Detroit and the Michigan Department of Treasury entered into a Financial Stability Agreement (sometimes called a “consent decree”), creating a Financial Advisory Board — […]
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Political Sandtrap: Critical Moment interviews Benton Harbor Activist Rev. Edward Pinkney about the Occupy the PGA protests
by Dave Sands The golfers, caddies and spectators attending the 73rd Senior PGA tour in Benton Harbor found themselves getting more attention than usual from the non-golf crowd. The tournament […]
Emergency Managers get Taken to Court: An Update On The Case Against Public Act 4
by Paul Abowd While citizens groups collect signatures to put the Emergency Manager law up for referendum, the Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice has rooted its months-long […]
The Takeover of Detroit
By William Copeland Reprinted with permission from The Dominion The NBC show “Parks and Recreation” features a relatively benign and good-natured Emergency Management Team that motivates city workers to creatively […]
Detroit Public Schools: No News is Bad News
by Paul Abowd Throughout the last decade of upheaval in the Detroit Public Schools, various state-appointed managers of the district have reminded us it could be worse. And so Detroiters […]
Detroit: The Epicenter of the Struggle for Public Education
by Elena Herrada Representative District 2, Detroit Public Schools Detroit Public Schools has been under an Emergency Financial Manager since 2009 when then-Democratic governor Jennifer Granholm hired Robert Bobb to […]
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 […]
Critical Moment 