The Death of Samantha Woll
The horrific murder of a prominent member of the Detroit Jewish community has left all of us completely shocked.
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Detroit
The Ilitch Crusade Continues: When Is Enough Enough?
The latest Ilitch demolition has us all scratching our heads and wondering when we will deserve a better city– for buildings, for historic preservation, and, of course, for Detroiters.
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City of Detroit: “You’re good– if your last name is Moroun or Ilitch.”
A months-long saga to try and clean up a lot being used for long-term storage of inoperable vehicles finally gets a response from a persnickety FOIA coordinator, who points out that, well, we don’t care about the problems here, because it’s not a residential neighborhood.
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Book Review: Women Driven Mobility by Katelyn Davis and Kristin Shaw
Nat looks at a new book by Katelyn Davis and Kristin Shaw about women in the mobility and transportation space, and asks whether a politics of benevolent incrementalism is going to help us solve the climate crisis.
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Recharging the Aquifer Underneath Detroit’s Transit Desert
Martha Connell looks at some hard questions about the future of Detroit’s transit.
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“Detroit: Become Livonia” – Mike Duggan
Detroit’s mayor has a vision for the city. It involves a lot of parking lots, and a lot of low-wage jobs. But there’s a better way.
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Mike Duggan’s Legacy of Austerity, Corporate Power, and State Violence
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is inevitably coasting to an easy reëlection tomorrow. His legacy is a complex and a fraught one– that deserves a lot of critical scrutiny, in spite of the big moves that the city has made in the past decade.
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Biden’s Other Border Crisis: The US Canadian Border
The US-Canadian border remains closed– and it’s no longer really clear why.
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What If We Can’t Wait? Public-Private Partnership Solutions for Infrastructure
The RTA is planning on returning in 2022– again- to revisit a ballot measure to fund regional infrastructure investment in Southeast Michigan. Can we wait for 2022? Should we explore alternatives in the meantime?
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Awake, East Warren! Dreaming Mixed-Use in Detroit’s Farthest-Flung Corridor
A new, mid-density development project on Detroit’s far east side is materializing, heralding a new dawn for a corridor that has struggled with autocentric, low density and disinvestment for decades.
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